California Senate Bill SB443 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 443AMENDED 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.