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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 24 (Carter)
          As Amended  May 26, 2009
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |79-0 |(May 4, 2009)   |SENATE: |40-0 |(June 29,      |
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           Original Committee Reference:    TRANS  .

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a bridge over State Route (SR) 215 as the  
          John Knabenbauer Fifth Street Bridge.

           The Senate amendments  make minor, clarifying wording changes  
          that do not change the basic thrust of this bill.  

           EXISTING LAW assigns the Department of Transportation (Caltrans)  
          the responsibility to operate and maintain state highways.  This  
          responsibility includes the installation and maintenance of  
          highway signs.  

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill was substantially similar  
          to the version passed by Senate.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  :  John Knabenbauer embarked upon his state service  
          career in 1990, in the Landscape Division of Caltrans District 7  
          (Los Angeles) as a Maintenance Worker; and, he transitioned to  
          Highway Maintenance in 1992, where he remained until 1995, when  
          he transferred to District 8 in Riverside.  
           
          Mr. Knabenbauer was promoted to Caltrans Equipment Operator II  
          in Riverside in 2000, and transferred to the Fontana Maintenance  
          Yard in 2005.  He received a commendation from President George  
          W. Bush for his work in 2003 during the "Old Fire" in San  
          Bernardino, where he helped maintain traffic control at the  
          bottom of the hill and used a plow truck to maintain an  
          evacuation route.  

          John Knabenbauer succumbed to injuries he suffered on November  
          28, 2007, when he was struck by a passing vehicle while working  








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          on SR 215, near the Fifth Street off-ramp, in San Bernardino.   
          Over a thousand Caltrans workers attended his funeral and, in  
          his honor, flags at the Capitol were flown at half-staff  
          following his death.  
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 




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