BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   May 2, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

              AB 1652 (Olsen and Valadao) - As Amended:  March 19, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              RulesVote:10-0

          Urgency:     Yes                  State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill authorizes the construction of a California American 
          Portuguese Veterans Memorial in Capitol Park. Specifically, this 
          bill:

          1)Authorizes the American Portuguese Club, in consultation with 
            the Department of General Services (DGS), to plan and 
            construct a memorial in the Capitol Park.

          2)Stipulates that the costs for planning, constructing, and 
            maintaining the memorial are to be funded exclusively from 
            donations to the club.

          3)Stipulates that construction of the memorial shall not 
            commence until the master plan for Capitol Park is adopted by 
            the Joint Committee on Rules, and the committee and the 
            Department of Finance have determined that sufficient funding 
            is available to construct and maintain the memorial. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          No direct state costs. DGS's costs will be covered by donations 
          sufficient for planning, construction, and maintenance.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . According to the author, while several memorials in 
            the Capitol Park honor veterans of specific wars, heritage and 
            special honors received during service, American Portuguese 
            veterans are without a memorial to properly honor the service 
            and sacrifices given by these men and women.  









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           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.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081