BILL NUMBER: ACR 37	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Conway

                        MARCH 14, 2011

   Relative to the CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 37, as amended, Conway. CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 15 in the County of San Bernardino as the CHP Officer Justin W.
McGrory Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the
Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs
showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Justin Wayne McGrory was born June 4, 1982, in Beaufort,
South Carolina; and
   WHEREAS, Justin graduated from Silverado High School in
Victorville, California, in 2000 and attended American River College
in Sacramento, California; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to joining the California Highway Patrol (CHP),
 Mr.   CHP Officer  McGrory served in the
United States Air Force in Little Rock, Arkansas. Upon discharge, he
joined the Air Force Reserves at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield,
California, and was activated for a four-month tour of duty in
Afghanistan in 2006; and
   WHEREAS, In 2007, CHP Officer  Justin Wayne 
McGrory, badge number 18606, graduated from the CHP Academy and was
assigned to the Baldwin Park Area Office; and
   WHEREAS, After 18 months,  CHP  Officer McGrory was
voluntarily transferred to the Barstow Area where he spent the
remainder of his career; and
   WHEREAS,  CHP  Officer McGrory had only been a CHP
Officer for a few years and did not have any collateral duties;
however, because of his exceptional skills as a CHP Officer, he was
scheduled to attend a field training evaluation program class to
become a field training officer to train new cadets. This class took
place shortly after his death; and
   WHEREAS, On July 15, 2008,  Justin   CHP
Officer McGrory  married his best friend, Kelly, and had four
wonderful children: Erin (born October 5, 2003), Cade (born July 7,
2005), Liam (born April 20, 2009), and Kaci (born July 20, 2010); and

   WHEREAS, On June 27, 2010, at approximately 3:38 a.m.,  CHP
 Officer McGrory was issuing a field sobriety test on the
shoulder of the I-15 freeway when a red Pontiac G6 veered onto the
shoulder and struck him; and
   WHEREAS,  CHP  Officer McGrory's partner 
broadcasted   broadcast  an 11-99 (officer down)
and immediately began CPR. Two other CHP officers and a sergeant
arrived on the scene minutes later and assisted with CPR; and
   WHEREAS,  CHP  Officer McGrory was airlifted to Saint
Mary's Regional Medical Center in Apple Valley, California, but
unfortunately succumbed to his injuries at approximately 4:55 a.m.;
and
   WHEREAS,  CHP  Officer McGrory loved spending time with
his family and friends and enjoyed watching UFC fights, the cooking
channel, and classic movies, and reciting scenes from classic mobster
movies, reading Yahoo News, and instigating fights (all in fun of
course). He  is   was  admired for his
sense of humor, his ability to "write a citation without managing to
ruin the violator's day," devotion to his family and career,
confidence, charm, poise, and for being an all around great man; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates a
  the  portion of State Highway Route 15 
northbound from milepost marker 58.00 to 61.00 to southbound milepost
marker 61.00 to 58.00 between Wild Rash Road and Hodge Road
  from Wild Wash Road at milepost 55.957 to Hodge Road
at milepost 60.159  in the County of San Bernardino as the CHP
Officer Justin W. McGrory 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
this special designation, 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.