BILL NUMBER: ACR 68	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Brown

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1996

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 68--Relative to the Parker B.
Rice Memorial Bridge.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 68, as introduced, Brown.  Parker B. Rice Memorial Bridge.
   This measure would designate a certain bridge on State Highway
Route 12 in Santa Rosa the Parker B. Rice Memorial Bridge.
   The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers.
   Fiscal committee:  yes.




   WHEREAS, Parker B. Rice, a native Californian, World War II
veteran, newspaperman, prominent leader in veteran's and service
organizations, as well as devoted husband, father, and grandfather,
will be missed by all who knew him, and by those who benefited from
his many exceptional accomplishments on behalf of veterans; and
   WHEREAS, Following his enlistment at the age of 18, Parker Rice
served as an Army Air Corps aircraft mechanic and saw action
throughout the South Pacific, while rising to the rank of Master
Sergeant; and
   WHEREAS, Wounded in action during the landing of American forces
in the Philippines, he was honorably discharged in 1946; and
   WHEREAS, He then embarked on a 41-year career with the Santa Rosa
"Press Democrat," beginning as an apprentice stereotyper, and rising
to production manager; and
   WHEREAS, In 1951, Parker B. Rice joined the Disabled American
Veterans (DAV) Chapter 48, Santa Rosa, an affiliation that was to
last 43 years, until his death on February 15, 1995, at the age of
71; and
   WHEREAS, During his long tenure with the Disabled American
Veterans, Mr.  Parker served as Commander of the California
Department from 1955-56, and for 15 years served on the prestigious
Claims and Service Commission, chairing the commission for 10 years;
and
   WHEREAS, At the national level, Mr. Rice served as a member of the
16th District National Executive Committee, and held National Junior
and Senior Vice Commander positions; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the State of California recognize
and memorialize the many contributions that Parker B. Rice has made
to his community, state, and nation; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That Bridge No. 20-0267, located near the Santa
Rosa Memorial Building and Sonoma County Fair Grounds on State
Highway Route 12, is hereby officially designated the Parker B. Rice
Memorial Bridge; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
the special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit a copy of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation.