BILL NUMBER: SCR 31INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Rubio MARCH 30, 2011 Relative to the National Purple Heart Trail. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SCR 31, as introduced, Rubio. National Purple Heart Trail. This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 223 in the County of Kern for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail. The measure would also request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, erect those signs. Fiscal committee: yes. WHEREAS, The National Purple Heart Trail was established in 1992 for the purpose of commemorating and honoring men and women who have been wounded or killed in combat while serving in the United States Armed Forces; and WHEREAS, The National Purple Heart Trail courses its way across the vast majority of the United States; and WHEREAS, In 2001, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, the Legislature designated portions of State Highway Routes 5 and 80 as California's selections for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail; and WHEREAS, In 2009, pursuant to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 12, the Legislature designated a specified portion of State Highway Route 101 for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail; and WHEREAS, The Legislature finds that it is appropriate to designate additional portions of the state highway system for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail in order to honor the men and women who have been wounded or killed in combat while serving in the United States Armed Forces; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 223 from its junction with State Highway Route 99 to its junction with State Highway Route 58 in the County of Kern, where the Veteran's Cemetery is located in honor of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail; 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 that special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.