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                                                                  ACR 153
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          Date of Hearing:   April 15, 2010

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
              ACR 153 (Nielsen and Lieu) - As Introduced:  April 7, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Crime Victims' Rights Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes the week of April 18, 2010, through April  
          24, 2010, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.  Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:  

          1)The remembrances observed during National Crime Victims'  
            Rights Week promote awareness of victim issues and acknowledge  
            the combined efforts of citizens, government, and the criminal  
            justice system to improve victims' services in California.

          2)Through the passage of Proposition 8, the Crime Victims' Bill  
            of Rights, in 1982, and Proposition 9, the Victims' Bill of  
            Rights Act of 2008:  Marsy's Law, California citizens have  
            protected victims' rights in the California Constitution.  

          3)Since 1981, National Crime Victims' Rights Week has raised  
            awareness of the special needs of crime victims; and this  
            year's theme is "Crime Victims' Rights:  Fairness, Dignity,  
            Respect".

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None
           
          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800