BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 15, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
SCR
139 (Gaines) - As Amended August 9, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 37-0
SUBJECT: Merle Haggard Memorial Overpass
SUMMARY: Designates the overpass at the interchange of
Interstate 5 (I-5) and State Highway Route 44 (SR 44) in the
City of Redding as the "Merle Haggard Memorial Overpass."
Specifically, this resolution:
1)Recounts the life and accomplishments of Merle Haggard, a
country music recording artist.
2)Designates the overpass at the interchange of I-5 and SR 44 in
the City of Redding as the "Merle Haggard Memorial Overpass."
3)Requests 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.
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EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation
and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: Merle Haggard was a country music recording artist
who released nearly 70 albums and 600 songs. Over the course of
his career, Haggard won numerous awards, including the Country
Music Association's Entertainer of the Year. Haggard's
recordings included 38 number one hits, and he was inducted into
the Country Music Hall of Fame and received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award. He passed away on his ranch in Palo Cedro on
April 6, 2016. This resolution designating an overpass in
Redding in his honor acknowledges the contributions Mr. Haggard
made to his community and the state.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
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None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Justin Behrens / TRANS. / (916)
319-2093