BILL NUMBER: ACR 185INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Linder MAY 11, 2016 Relative to Concrete Pipe Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 185, as introduced, Linder. Concrete Pipe Week. This measure would proclaim August 8, 2016, to August 12, 2016, inclusive, as Concrete Pipe Week. Fiscal committee: no. WHEREAS, Reinforced concrete pipe and precast are of vital importance to sustainable communities and to the health, safety, and well-being of the people of California; and WHEREAS, Reinforced concrete pipe and precast products and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of the concrete pipe and precast industry manufacturers, professionals, engineers, managers, and employees who together are responsible for and must design, manufacture, distribute, educate, and supply concrete pipe and precast to public and private owners who in turn build, design, and maintain transportation infrastructure, water supply, water treatment systems, solid waste systems, and other structures and facilities essential to modern society; and WHEREAS, It is in the public interest for the residents, civic leaders, and children of California to gain knowledge and maintain a progressive interest and understanding of the importance of the reinforced concrete pipe industry to every community throughout California and across the United States; and WHEREAS, The year 2016 marks the 109th year of the American Concrete Pipe Association, which began as a means of exchanging ideas and establishing a high quality, standardized product, which the California Precast Concrete Pipe Association fully supports in both actions and deeds; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That in recognition of the substantial contributions the reinforced concrete pipe and precast industry has made and continues to make to the public health, safety, welfare, and quality of life in California, the week of August 8, 2016, to August 12, 2016, inclusive, shall be proclaimed Concrete Pipe Week; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.