BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 191 Hearing Date: 8/9/2016
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|Author: |Gallagher |
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|Version: |5/27/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: National Purple Heart Trail
DIGEST: This resolution designates portions of State Highway
Routes (SR) 5, 16, 20, and 45 in the County of Colusa for
inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail. The Department of
Transportation is requested to determine the cost of
installation and maintenance of appropriate signs and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost,
erect those signs.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
1)The person being honored must have provided extraordinary
public service or some exemplary contribution to the public
good and have a connection to the community where the highway
or structure is located.
2)The person being honored must be deceased.
3)The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
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4)The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the resolution
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
5)If the segment of highway is being named for a specific
individual or individuals, the segment of highway being named
must not exceed five miles in length.
6)The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition.
7)The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith
effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior
designation.
This resolution designates portions of SRs 5, 16, 20, and 45 in
the County of Colusa for inclusion in the National Purple Heart
Trail. The Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of installation and maintenance of
appropriate signs and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purple Heart Trail. Chartered by Congress in 1958, the
Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) is composed of
military men and women who have received the Purple Heart
medal for wounds suffered in combat. In 1992, MOPH worked
with Congress to establish the Purple Heart Trail as a
symbolic and honorary system of roads, highways, bridges, and
other monuments that give tribute to the men and women who
have received the Purple Heart medal.
2)Multiple segments already designated. Previously, the
Legislature has designated the following state highway
segments for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail:
a) The entire routes of Interstate 5 and Interstate 80 in
California (SCR 14, Chapter 79, Statutes of 2001)
b) SR 101 from post mile 9.67 in Monterey County to post
mile 36.16 in Santa Barbara County (ACR 12, Chapter 84,
Statutes of 2009)
c) SR 223 from SR 99 to SR 58, in the County of Kern (SCR
105, Chapter 95, Statutes of 2010)
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d) SR 101 in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties (SCR 27;
2013)
1)Amendment. As noted above, Interstate 5 in its entirety is
already designated as a Purple Heart Trail. The author has
agreed to delete this segment from the resolution.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
8/4/16.)
SUPPORT:
Colusa County Board of Supervisors (sponsor)
American G.I. Forum of California
American Legion, Department of California
AMVETS, Department of California
California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
California State Commanders Veterans Council
Military Officers Association of America, California
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California
Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council
OPPOSITION:
None received
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