BILL NUMBER: SCR 138	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nielsen
   (Coauthors: Senators Bates, Berryhill, Cannella, Gaines, Glazer,
Hill, Huff, Jackson, Leno, McGuire, Monning, Pavley, Stone,
Wieckowski, and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Dodd, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Hadley, Harper, Levine, Mathis, Olsen, Mark Stone, Williams,
and Wood)

                        MAY 5, 2016

   Relative to state park rangers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 138, Nielsen. State park rangers.
   This measure would recognize 2016 as the 150-year anniversary of
public service and protection of state parks by state park rangers
and would encourage the Department of Parks and Recreation, the
California State Park Rangers Association, and the California State
Parks Anniversary Committee to take all appropriate action to
celebrate that anniversary.




   WHEREAS, Galen Clark was appointed "Guardian" of Yosemite State
Park in 1866, at California's first state park, Yosemite, established
in 1866 by federal legislation signed by President Abraham Lincoln;
and
   WHEREAS, State park rangers, whose titles have variously been
"ranger," "guardian," "warden," "custodian," or "superintendent,"
have continuously served the public and protected the state parks
since that first appointment; and
   WHEREAS, 2016 will mark the 150-year anniversary of service to the
public and protection of state parks by state park rangers; and
   WHEREAS, The Department of Parks and Recreation, the California
State Park Rangers Association, the California State Parks
Anniversary Committee, and the State Park and Recreation Commission
have formally recognized and are supporting the celebration of the
150-year anniversary; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes and commends
state park rangers for their long and faithful service to the public
and protection of state parks; and be it further
   Resolved, That 2016 is recognized as the 150-year anniversary of
public service and protection of state parks by state park rangers;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Parks and Recreation, the
California State Park Rangers Association, and the California State
Parks Anniversary Committee are encouraged to take all appropriate
action to celebrate the 150-year anniversary; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.