Amended in Senate August 13, 2014

Amended in Assembly June 17, 2014

Amended in Assembly May 6, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 118

Introduced by Assembly Member Logue

March 6, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 118—Relative to the California Small begin delete Businesses end delete begin insert Business Owners’ end insert Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 118, as amended, Logue. California Small begin delete Businesses end delete begin insert Business Owners’ end insert Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 99 in Sutter County as the California Small begin delete Businesses end delete begin insert Business Owners’ end insert Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering begin delete the end delete begin insert that end insert cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, The month of June is celebrated as California Small
Business Month, in recognition of the tremendous contributions
begin insert that end insert small businesses make to the economic strength of our nation
and state; and

WHEREAS, The nation’s 28 million small businesses are the
job creation engine of the American economy, responsible for
one-half of all private sector jobs, and begin insert are end insert the source of roughly
70 percent of all new jobs in the last decade; and

WHEREAS, California is home to three and one-half million
of these small businesses, accounting for 99 percent of the state’s
employers and 52 percent of the state’s workforce, and producing
more than one-half of California’s gross domestic product; and

WHEREAS, California is home to the most innovative and
competitive businesses in the world, placing the state consistently
among the top 10 economies in the world; and

WHEREAS, California’s small businesses are critical to the
economic health of the state because small businesses are
innovative forces in the marketplace and are among the most likely
to take risks to create new technologies and industries; and

WHEREAS, A commitment to small businesses and support
for small-scale private-sector job creators are among the most
promising strategies to enhance California’s human capital, expand
job opportunities, and increase the state’s competitive advantage
in the global marketplace; and

WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the important role of
small businesses in California’s economy by dedicating a portion
of State begin insert Route end insert Highway 99 as the California Small begin delete Businesses end delete
begin insert Business Owners’ end insert Highway; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 99 between Hull Road and Stewart
Road in Sutter County as the California Small begin delete Businesses end delete begin insert Business
Owners’ end insert Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover begin delete the end delete begin insert that end insert cost, to erect those signs; and
be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.