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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 105
Author: Florez (D), et al
Amended: 6/7/10
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/15/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : National Purple Heart Trail
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates a portion of State
Highway Route 223 in Kern County for inclusion in the
National Purple Heart Trail.
ANALYSIS : The Armed Forces of the United States awards
Purple Hearts to members who are wounded by an instrument
of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the
next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action
or die of wounds they received in action. In 1992, an
organization of Purple Heart recipients, the Military Order
of the Purple Heart, began a campaign to establish a
National Purple Heart Trail. The trail begins at a
monument in Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George
Washington who created the original Purple Heart award.
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The purpose of the Purple Heart Trail is to create a
symbolic and honorary system of roads, highways, bridges,
and other monuments that give tribute to the men and women
who have received the Purple Heart medal. According to the
Order, 45 states, as well as Guam, have designated sections
of the trail within their jurisdictions. The segments of
the trail are not coterminous, nor are they intended to
link up. California has already designated three sections
of highway within the state as part of the National Purple
Heart Trail: (1) all of Interstate 5, (2) all of
Interstate 80, and (3) a portion of State Highway Route
(SR) 101 in Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara
Counties.
This resolution designates the portion of SR 223 from SR 99
to SR 58, in Kern County, for inclusion in the National
Purple Heart Trail. This resolution further requests the
Department of Transportation to erect appropriate signs
upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover
the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/29/10)
Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 604
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : 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 Armed Forces of the United
States. According to the author's office, the purpose of
this resolution is to appropriate additional portions of
the state highway system for the inclusion 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
Armed Forces of the United States.
JJA:mw 6/29/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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