BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   April 19, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
              AB 1652 (Olsen and Valadao) - As Amended:  March 19, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial.

           SUMMARY  :   Authorizes the construction and maintenance of a 
          memorial in the Capitol Historic Region to honor California 
          American Portuguese veterans.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Requires the Department of General Services (DGS) in 
            consultation with California American Portuguese Club 
            Incorporated to be responsible for planning and construction 
            of a memorial to honor California American Portuguese 
            veterans. 

          2)Establishes a California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial 
            Committee to identify an appropriate location for the memorial 
            in the Capitol Historic Region within the existing boundary of 
            the Capitol Veterans Memorial and review a memorial design, in 
            consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

          3)Requires funds for the planning, construction, and maintenance 
            of the memorial be provided through private donations to the 
            American Portuguese Club Incorporated.

          4)Prohibits the construction of the memorial until the master 
            plan for the State Capitol Park is approved by the Joint 
            Committee on Rules and the Joint Committee on Rules and the 
            Department of Finance have determined that sufficient private 
            funding is available to construct and maintain the memorial. 

           EXISTING LAW  requires DGS to oversee the buildings and grounds 
          of the state, including the State Capitol.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  

           1)Purpose of the bill  :  According to the author, several 
            memorials in the Capitol Park honor veterans of specific wars, 
            heritage and special honors received during service.  
            California American Portuguese Veterans are without a memorial 








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            to properly honor the service and sacrifices given by these 
            men and women.  

           2)Background  :  To date, legislatively approved memorials 
            include, but are not limited to:  California Veterans 
            Memorial, California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Peace Officers 
            Memorial, World Peace Rose Garden, Mexican-Americans Veterans 
            Memorial, Firefighters Memorial, Spanish-American War 
            Memorial, bronze seals commemorating the California Indians 
            and Spanish/Mexican settlers, Search-and-Rescue Memorial, 
            Crime Victims Memorial, and a Purple Heart Memorial.


           3)Moratorium  :  Joint Rules Committee staff is working with DGS 
            to develop a master plan for the Capitol Park grounds.  Until 
            the plan is developed, DGS has instituted an "unofficial" 
            moratorium on additional memorials in Capitol Park, which is 
            supported by staff of the Joint Rules Committee.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

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