BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 2, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
ACR 37 (Conway) - As Amended: April 7, 2011
SUBJECT : State Route 15
SUMMARY : Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 15 as the CHP
Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway. Specifically, this
bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of Justin McGrory, an officer
with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) who was killed in the
line of duty.
2)Designates the segment of SR 15 from Wild Wash Road at
milepost 55.957 to Hodge Road at milepost 60.159 as the CHP
Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway.
3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 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.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation
and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Justin Wayne 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 and was
activated for a four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006.
In 2007, CHP Officer McGrory graduated from the CHP Academy and
was assigned to the Baldwin Park Area Office. He subsequently
transferred to the Barstow Area where he spent the remainder of
his career.
On June 27, 2010, at approximately 3:38 a.m., Officer McGrory
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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. His 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.
Unfortunately, he succumbed to his injuries at approximately
4:55 a.m. at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Apple
Valley, where he had been airlifted.
CHP Officer McGrory was admired for his sense of humor, his
ability to "write a citation without managing to ruin the
violator's day," his devotion to his family and career,
confidence, charm, poise, and for being an all-around great man.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093