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