BILL NUMBER: ACR 37	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2011
	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, 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.



   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), 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 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, 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 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
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 the
portion of State Highway Route 15 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.