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          Date of Hearing:   August 29, 2016


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                               Lorena Gonzalez, Chair


          SCR 139  
          (Gaines) - As Amended August 9, 2016


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          Urgency:      State Mandated Local Program:   NoReimbursable:   
          No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill designates, as the "Merle Haggard Memorial Overpass,"  
          the overpass on Interstate 5 at the interchange with State Route  
          44 in the City of Redding.


          FISCAL EFFECT:









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          Minor State Highway Account costs to Caltrans to make and erect  
          appropriate signs; these costs are fully covered by donations.


          COMMENTS:


          Purpose. This measure honors country music legend Merle Haggard,  
          who died on April 6, 2016 at his ranch in Shasta County.


          Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081