Bill Text: CA ACR157 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: The CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-23 - In committee: Hearing cancelled at the request of author. [ACR157 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR157-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 157	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Patterson and Perea

                        JUNE 2, 2014

   Relative to the CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 157, as introduced, Patterson. The CHP Officers Brian Law and
Juan Gonzalez Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 99 from the Fresno/Tulare County line to the Mountain View
Avenue Overcrossing in the County of Fresno as the CHP Officers Brian
Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial Highway. The measure would also
request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of
appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Brian Mitchio Law was born on July 2, 1979,
in Redwood City, California; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to joining the California Highway Patrol, Officer
Law served for five years and three months in the United States
Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Sergeant, and the United States
Air Force, in which he obtained the rank of Staff Sergeant; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Law, badge number 18896, graduated from the
California Highway Patrol Academy on April 18, 2008 and, upon
graduation, was assigned to the Oakland Area, where he served for
almost five years before being transferred to Fresno Area 435; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Juan Jaime Gonzalez was born on February 10,
1981, in Visalia, California; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Gonzalez, badge number 18935, graduated from the
California Highway Patrol Academy on April 18, 2008 and, upon
graduation, was assigned to the San Jose Area, where he served for
more than two years before being transferred to the Fresno Area; and
   WHEREAS, Officers Law and Gonzalez were classmates at the CHP
Academy, partners, and good friends; and
   WHEREAS, On February 17, 2014, the state suffered a tragic loss
when CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez were killed in an
accident while responding to an emergency call, thereby making the
ultimate sacrifice while performing their sworn duty; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Law is survived by his wife, Rebecca Ann,
daughter, Samantha (age 2), son, Brandon (age 9), and step-daughter,
Lauren Lajara (age 10); and
   WHEREAS, Officer Gonzalez is survived by his mother, Maria Lourdes
Gonzalez, of Tulare, and sister, Sandra Judith Gonzalez, also of
Tulare; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of the contributions, bravery, and
sacrifice of Officers Law and Gonzalez in serving the California
Highway Patrol and the citizens of California, it would be fitting to
designate a portion of State Highway Route 99, in the County of
Fresno, in their honor; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 99 from the Fresno/Tulare County Line
to the Mountain View Avenue Overcrossing in the County of Fresno as
the CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial Highway; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
these special designations and, upon receiving donations from non
state sources covering the costs, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.