Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 132
CHAPTER 55
Relative to National Missing Children’s Day.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
June 03, 2008.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 132, Smyth.
National Missing Children’s Day.
This measure would declare May 25, 2008, as National Missing Children’s Day.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
NO WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of Justice, every year in America there are an estimated 800,000 children reported missing; and
WHEREAS, An estimated 200,000 children each year are abducted by family members and 58,000 are abducted by nonfamily members with a sexual motive; and
WHEREAS, On average, an estimated 2,200 children are reported to law enforcement as missing each day; and
WHEREAS, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) exists as a resource to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, help find missing children, and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them; and
WHEREAS, The NCMEC’s recovery rate of domestically missing children has grown from 62 percent in 1990 to 96 percent in 2007, but too many children remain among the missing; and
WHEREAS, This special day is a time to remember those children who are missing and give hope to their families; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature, in partnership with the NCMEC and its collaborative organizations, declare May 25, 2008, to be National Missing Children’s Day; and be it further
Resolved, That as part of California’s continuing efforts to prevent the abduction and sexual exploitation of children, all Californians are encouraged to take 25 minutes to help children stay safer; and be it further
Resolved,
That California urges the participation of local government, law enforcement, schools, community organizations, and families to educate all people about child abduction and sexual exploitation, appropriate protective measures, and ways to respond and seek help from law enforcement, social services, and the NCMEC; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.