BILL NUMBER: ACR 130AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torres ( Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A. Prez, V. Manuel Prez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada ) MARCH 15, 2012 Relative to California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 130, as amended, Torres. California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This measure would designated the second full week in April as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Fiscal committee: no. WHEREAS, Over one-half million dedicated men and women are engaged in the operation of emergency response systems for federal, state, and local governmental entities throughout the United States, including an estimated 55,000 dedicated men and women in California; and WHEREAS, These individuals are responsible for responding to the telephone calls of the general public for police, fire, and emergency medical assistance, and for dispatching the critical assistance necessary to help save the lives and property of our citizens; and WHEREAS, Public safety telecommunicators are the first point of contact for most interactions between members of the public and the public safety systems that keep Californians safe, and the public expects and receives extraordinarily dedicated service from these individuals; and WHEREAS, America's public safety telecommunicators serve the public in countless ways each day, often without recognition by the beneficiaries of their services; and WHEREAS, Congress has designated the second full week of April of each year as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and it is appropriate for California to conform to this practice; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the second full week in April as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to heighten citizen awareness of the great importance of 911 service and its role in keeping the public safe, and encourages the private sector and state and local agencies during that week to initiate activities recognizing public safety telecommunicators; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.