Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 19
CHAPTER 49
Relative to the California marine transportation system.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
May 24, 2001.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 19, Johannessen.
California marine transportation system.
This measure would proclaim the month of May as California Marine Transportation System Month, and would declare the intent of the Legislature to promote the funding and programs necessary to the advancement of the California marine transportation system.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, The sovereign State of California is the greatest maritime state in the nation; and
WHEREAS, The California marine transportation system includes ports, harbors, bays, rivers, channels, and canals; and
WHEREAS, The California marine transportation system is an integral part of the United States maritime industries; and
WHEREAS, California ports produce one-third of the value of all waterborne international trade nationwide; and
WHEREAS, The California marine transportation system is a vital component of the California transportation infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, The California marine transportation system is the cornerstone link for California’s trade with the Pacific Rim; and
WHEREAS, The California marine transportation system provides Californians with thousands of industry related jobs, such as marine cargo handling, merchant marine officers, pilots and unlicensed crew members, marine construction, shipbuilding and repairing, long distance trucking, refrigerated warehousing and storage, petroleum and bulk chemicals, deep sea transportation of freight and passengers, passenger ferries, barge lines and operators, marine engineering services, and logistics management; and
WHEREAS, The California Maritime Academy, a unique institution of the California State University in the City of Vallejo, helps produce the future leaders of our nation’s maritime and transportation industries; with notable impact on logistics, port, shipbuilding, fishing, oil, oceanographic, environmental, and marine engineering organizations that are significant contributors to our national and state economies; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That, commencing May 2001, the Legislature hereby proclaims the month of May as California Marine Transportation System Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the California marine transportation system be recognized as a vital component that is integral to the California transportation infrastructure; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature promote the funding and programs necessary to the advancement of the California marine transportation system; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature support the creation of events recognizing the indispensable role the California marine transportation system plays in the economic and general welfare of the State of California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature intends to make this an annual event and, as a testimonial, declares that appropriate local events may be held commencing in May 2001 and further, that appropriate statewide events shall be held commencing May 2002 and thereafter in recognition of this resolution; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor, the Department of Boating and Waterways, the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Transportation, the California Transportation Commission, and the State Lands Commission.