SENIOR SENATE PROPOSAL NO. 13

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR SENATOR BETTIO

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SP 13: CENTENARIAN AWARDS.

EXISTING LAW ESTABLISHES VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN STATE GOVERNMENT.

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS TO NOMINATE CENTENARIANS FOR AWARDS THAT RECOGNIZE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

SP 13: RELATING TO CENTENARIANS

WHEREAS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR CENTENARIANS FOR THEIR ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS; AND WHEREAS, MANY CENTENARIANS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS AND ARE THEREFORE UNAPPRECIATED AND IGNORED AT A TIME IN THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY SHOULD RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION THEY SO RICHLY DESERVE; AND

WHEREAS, IF THE PROBLEM OF DEPRESSED, UNMOTIVATED CENTENARIANS CONTINUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WILL MISS OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE CENTENARIANS DURING THEIR LIFETIMES; AND

WHEREAS, AS OUR CENTENARIANS CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, THAT INCLUDE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, EVERYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH THEM IS AFFECTED BY THEIR DISPOSITIONS AND OUTLOOK ON LIFE; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR SENATE AND THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2004 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT CALIFORNIA TAKE THE LEAD IN RECOGNIZING CENTENARIANS WHO HAVE MADE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, TO ENCOURAGE SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS TO NOMINATE ALL CENTENARIANS FOR AN "EXTRA EFFORT AWARD" AND DISSEMINATE THOSE AWARDS TO EACH CENTENARIAN; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE MAIN POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE AWARDS WILL BE TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR CENTENARIANS BY RECOGNIZING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE  STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, 

THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.