Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 126
CHAPTER 99
Relative to the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
August 28, 2012.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 126, Charles Calderon.
Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America.
This measure would request that the Department of Transportation erect informational signs on State Highway Route 210 in the County of Los Angeles directing motorists to the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
YES WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, which was established in 1973, serves under the jurisdiction of the Catholicosate of the Holy See of Cilicia; and
WHEREAS, The primary mission of the Western Prelacy is to preserve and foster the faith, heritage, traditions, culture, and religious and national values of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and to provide spiritual guidance to over one million Armenian Americans in California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Arizona, and beyond; and
WHEREAS, From the Western Prelacy headquarters, the prelate and religious and executive councils oversee the day-to-day activities of the churches and schools, providing necessary guidance and assistance; and
WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy also has a network of benefactors and sponsors who, through their generous moral and financial support, contribute to the realization of the ever-expanding mission of the Western Prelacy; and
WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy also has a prison ministry program that offers spiritual guidance to Armenian inmates and former inmates; and
WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy is expected to attract motorists and tourists from all over the world; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the importance of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America to the people of California, and requests that the Department of Transportation erect informational signs on the westbound portion of State Highway 210 leading to the Lowell Avenue exit, and the eastbound portion of State Highway 210 leading to the La Tuna Canyon Road exit, in the county of Los Angeles, directing motorists to the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.