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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS


          ACR  
          191 (Gallagher)


          As Amended  August 15, 2016


          Majority vote


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          Original Committee Reference:  TRANS.


          SUMMARY:  Designates the portions of State Highway Routes (SR)  
          16, 20, and 45 in Colusa County for inclusion in the National  
          Purple Heart Trail.


          The Senate amendments are technical, and non-substantive.


          EXISTING LAW:  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.


          AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this resolution:


          1)Described the history and significance of the National Purple  
            Heart Trail.








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          2)Designated the portions of SR 16, SR 20, and SR 45 in Colusa  
            County for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail.


          3)Requested that the California Department of Transportation  
            (Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent  
            with the signing requirements for the state highway system,  
            showing the special designation and, upon receiving donations  
            from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those  
            signs.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.


          COMMENTS:  The National Purple Heart Trail was established in  
          1992 to honor the men and women of the United States Armed  
          Forces who have been wounded or killed in combat.  The trail  
          includes stretches of highway across the United States.   
          Numerous segments of California highways are designated as part  
          of the National Purple Heart Trail, including the entirety of  
          Interstate Routes 5 (I-5) and 80 (I-80), portions of SR 101 in  
          Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties,  
          and a portion of SR 223 in Kern County.  This resolution adds SR  
          16, SR 20, and SR 45 in Colusa County to those routes designated  
          for inclusion in the trail in order to honor the men and women  
          who have been wounded or killed in combat while serving in the  
          United States Armed Forces.


          Analysis Prepared by:                                             
                          Justin Behrens / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093  FN:  
          0004460














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