BILL NUMBER: ACR 156	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  150
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 19, 2004
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2004
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Frommer and Richman
   (Coauthor:  Senator Scott)

                        JANUARY 13, 2004

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 156--Relative to the Burbank
Police Officer Matthew Pavelka Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 156, Frommer.  Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka Memorial
Freeway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 5 in the County of Los Angeles as the Burbank Police Officer
Matthew Pavelka Memorial Freeway.  The measure would also request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate
plaques and markers showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those plaques and markers.




   WHEREAS, Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka was born on
September 1, 1977, in West Hills, California; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Pavelka served in the United States Air Force
from 1997 to 2001, where he was awarded two medals for meritorious
service; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Pavelka was hired as a Police Recruit in August
of 2002, attended the Ventura County Sheriff's Academy, and was
promoted to Police Officer in January of 2003; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Pavelka was just 26 years of age when he was
called to assist veteran Officer Gregory Campbell with a routine
traffic stop at the Ramada Inn on North San Fernando Road on the
night of November 15, 2003; and
   WHEREAS, Tragically, the two men Officer Campbell had pulled over
opened fire, critically injuring Officer Campbell and killing Officer
Pavelka; and
   WHEREAS, The Pavelka family lost a beloved son, the Burbank Police
Department lost a beloved officer, and the Burbank community lost a
true hero; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Pavelka was the first police officer to be killed
in the line of duty in the Burbank Police Department's 82 year
history; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Pavelka followed in his father's footsteps as a
man deeply dedicated to law enforcement and committed to protecting
California communities.  Officer Pavelka's father is a 29-year
veteran detective of the Los Angeles Police Department; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Pavelka is survived by his parents, Michael and
Sue Pavelka, his brother Nick, his sister-in-law Shannon, and his
girlfriend Jessica; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the service of  this
police officer who gave his life for his community by designating, in
his honor, an appropriate portion of State Highway Route 5 as the
Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka Memorial Freeway; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby officially designates
the portion of State Highway Route 5 between West Burbank Boulevard
in the City of Burbank and Hollywood Way in the City of  Los Angeles
in the County of Los Angeles as the Burbank Police Officer Matthew
Pavelka Memorial Freeway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, 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 plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.