Bill Text: CA SCR69 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: CHP Officer Richard D. Duvall Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-08-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 65, Statutes of 2010. [SCR69 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SCR69-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 69	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  65
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 4, 2010
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2010
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Knight)

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2010

   Relative to the CHP Officer Richard D. Duvall Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 69, Runner. CHP Officer Richard D. Duvall Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 15 in the city of Victorville as the CHP Officer Richard D.
Duvall Memorial Highway. The measure would 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.



   WHEREAS, February 23, 2010, marks the 50th anniversary of the
tragic death of California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Richard D.
Duvall; and
   WHEREAS, On that date in 1960, on a remote stretch of what was
then United States Highway Route 66, Officer Duvall was shot and
killed during a routine traffic stop by an escaped convict from the
California State Prison at San Quentin who, unbeknownst to Officer
Duvall, had also just fled the scene of a robbery; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Duvall faithfully served the people of California
and we take this opportunity to look back on his life and to pay
special tribute to his bravery; and
   WHEREAS, Born on June 19, 1933, in San Leandro, Officer Duvall was
a football star in high school and served two years in the United
States Marine Corps; and
   WHEREAS, After that service, Officer Duvall attended Armstrong
College of Business; and
   WHEREAS, Married in September of 1957 in San Leandro to his wife
Gwenellen, Officer Duvall then attended the CHP Academy and took his
first assignment at the Victorville substation; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Duvall served with the CHP in Victorville for two
years prior to his tragic death; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Duvall was survived by his wife, Gwenellen, who
was pregnant at the time, and his daughter, Deanne, who was 20 months
old; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Duvall is now survived by his children Deanne
Lynne Duvall and Richard Don Duvall. The State of California is
indebted to them for his service and sacrifice; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Duvall's death is a reminder of the dangers that
our men and women in uniform face on a daily basis, and his sacrifice
for the people of the State of California should not be forgotten;
and
   WHEREAS, For these reasons, we wish to thank Officer Duvall and
his family for their sacrifices, and to honor all of the fallen men
and women who have faithfully served and executed the laws of the
State of California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the portion of State Highway Route 15
(formerly known as Route 66) in the City of Victorville between the
exit of D Street and the State Highway Route 395 interchange is
hereby designated as the CHP Officer Richard D. Duvall Memorial
Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.