BILL NUMBER: SB 443	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2011
	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.   Under existing
law, if the department determines that real property is no longer
necessary for highway purposes, the department may sell or exchange
the real property based on terms established by the California
Transportation Commission. 
   This bill would  require   authorize 
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.   to sell excess real property in the
state-owned area associated with the park-and-   ride lot at
the Clark Avenue West exit from State Highway Route 135 in the Town
of Orcutt to the County of Santa Barbara for purposes of erecting a
veterans' memorial. 
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the  town 
 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 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. 
   SECTION 1.    Pursuant to Section 118 of the Streets
and Highways Code, the Department of Transportation may sell excess
real property in the state-owned area associated with the
park-and-ride lot at the Clark Avenue West exit from State Highway
Route 135 in the Town of Orcutt to the County of Santa Barbara for
purposes of erecting a veterans' memorial at that location. 
  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.  
memorial in the Town of Orcutt in a publicly accessible location.