BILL ANALYSIS
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.0Date of Hearing: May 11, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Mike Eng, Chair
ACR 61 (Villines) - As Introduced: April 16, 2009
SUBJECT : State Route 41
SUMMARY : Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 41 as the
Deputy David G. Graves Memorial Freeway. Specifically, this
bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of David G. Graves, a deputy
sheriff with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
2)Designate the segment of SR 41 from Herndon Avenue in the City
of Fresno to Avenue 10 in Madera County as the Deputy David G.
Graves Memorial Freeway.
3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system, showing the
special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate
and maintain state highways. This includes the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : David G. Graves was a native of Fresno and a graduate
of Hoover High School and Fresno City College who joined the
Fresno County Sheriff's Office in 1979, having served as a
volunteer in the Sheriff's Search and Rescue Unit for two years
prior to becoming a deputy. He was assigned to the patrol
division and became a dedicated officer who served his community
and loved his profession.
On November 5, 1982, Deputy Graves was on routine patrol on Shaw
Avenue in Fresno west of SR 99 in a marked patrol vehicle when
his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck driven by an
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intoxicated 28-year-old Clovis man who had run a stop sign.
Tragically, the collision resulted in severe head injuries to
Deputy Graves that led to his death prior to his arrival at the
Valley Medical Center.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Fresno County Sheriff's Office
Opposition
None received
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093