Bill Text: CA ACR159 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: CHP Officer Johnny R. Martinez Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-08-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 104, Statutes of 2010. [ACR159 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR159-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 159	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  104
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 23, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 23, 2010
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2010
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 9, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        APRIL 15, 2010

   Relative to the CHP Officer Johnny R. Martinez Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 159, Eng. CHP Officer Johnny R. Martinez Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 10 in the City of Alhambra as the CHP Officer Johnny R.
Martinez Memorial Highway. This 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 those costs, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, Officer Johnny Ramirez Martinez was born June 14, 1948,
to Bill and Vera Martinez, in Fayette, North Carolina; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Martinez graduated from Chaffey High School in
1966, and joined the United States Marine Corps shortly after
graduation. He proudly served the Marine Corps for four years and
achieved the rank of sergeant as a Vietnam veteran; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a patrol officer for the Department of
the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Officer Martinez was employed by
Alcoa Aluminum of Corona as an X-ray technician; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Martinez was married to his best friend, Lydia
Rivera, on November 7, 1970, and had two wonderful children: Yvette
Marie on March 8, 1976, and Johnny Nicholas on October 16, 1980.
There are now three beautiful grandchildren: Christian James Shaw
born on March 14, 2006, and twins, Mia Grace and Leila Marie Shaw
born on February 23, 2008; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Martinez graduated from the California Highway
Patrol Academy on December 1, 1977, and upon graduation, was assigned
to the East Los Angeles area, where he proudly served for four
years; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Martinez, badge number 8813, was killed in the
line of duty on October 2, 1981. While clearing debris from the San
Bernardino Freeway, he and his partner were gunned down by two
paranoid robbery suspects. Although he was rushed to the hospital,
Officer Martinez succumbed to his injuries and died at Alhambra
Community Hospital; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Martinez was known for being a man of principle
and integrity. He was a loyal family man, a wonderful father and
husband, and a dedicated officer. His greatest joys were his wife,
his children, and riding motorcycles; 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 10 from eastbound milepost marker 10
LA 22.31 to westbound milepost marker 10 LA 22.33 in the City of
Alhambra as the CHP Officer Johnny R. Martinez 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
nonstate sources covering 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.