BILL NUMBER: SB 443	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 17, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Achadjian)
    (  Coauthor:   Senator   Blakeslee
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act relating to a veterans' memorial.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 443, as amended, Strickland. Veterans' memorial.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law
authorizes the department to enter into an agreement to accept funds,
materials, equipment, or services from any person for maintenance or
roadside enhancement.
   This bill would require the Department of Transportation, if
nonstate funds are available for this purpose, including for repair
and ongoing maintenance, to erect a veterans' memorial in a specified
state-owned park and ride parking lot in the town of Orcutt, in
consultation with the Old Town Orcutt Revitalization Association. The
bill would authorize the department to enter into agreements with
the association for the planning, construction, and maintenance of
the memorial.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the town of Orcutt.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Department of Transportation, if nonstate funds are
available for this purpose, including for repair and ongoing
maintenance, shall erect a veterans' memorial in the state-owned park
and ride parking lot at the  Clarke   Clark
 Avenue West exit from State Highway Route 135 in the town of
Orcutt, in consultation with the Old Town Orcutt Revitalization
Association. The department may enter into agreements with the
association for the planning, construction, and maintenance of the
memorial.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique need to erect a veterans' memorial in Orcutt in
 the town of  a publicly accessible location.