BILL NUMBER: SCR 105 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 7, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Senator Florez
( Coauthor: Senator Ashburn
)
APRIL 26, 2010
Relative to the National Purple Heart Trail.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 105, as amended, Florez. National Purple Heart Trail.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 223 in the County of Kern for inclusion
to be included in the National Purple Heart Trail. The measure
would also request that the Department of Transportation determine
the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and,
upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost,
erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
WHEREAS, The National Purple Heart Trail was established in 1992
for the purpose of commemorating and honoring men and women who have
been wounded or killed in combat while serving in the United States
Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, The National Purple Heart Trail courses its way across
the vast majority of the United States; and
WHEREAS, In 2001, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, the
Legislature designated portions of State Highway Routes 5 and 80 as
California's selections for inclusion in the National Purple Heart
Trail; and
WHEREAS, In 2009, pursuant to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 12,
the Legislature designated a portion of State Highway Route 101 for
inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature finds that it is appropriate to designate
additional portions of the state highway system for
inclusion to be included in the National Purple
Heart Trail in order to honor the men and women who have been wounded
or killed in combat while serving in the United States Armed Forces;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 223 from State Highway Route 99 to
State Highway Route 58, in the County of Kern, for inclusion in the
National Purple Heart Trail; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing that special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.