BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: acr 37
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: conway
VERSION: 4/7/11
Analysis by: Art Bauer FISCAL: YES
Hearing date: June 14, 2011
SUBJECT:
This resolution designates a four mile segment of Interstate 15
as the California High Patrol Officer (CHP) Justin W. McGrory
Memorial Highway.
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution designates a short segment of Interstate 15 in
San Bernardino County as the CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory
Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
The person being honored must have provided
extraordinary public service or some exemplary contribution
to the public good and have a connection to the community
where the highway is located.
The person being honored must be deceased.
The naming must be done without cost to the state.
Costs for signs and plaques must be paid by local or
private sources.
The author or co-author of the resolution must represent
the district in which the facility is located and the
resolution must identify the specific highway segment or
structure being named.
The segment of highway being named must not exceed five
miles in length.
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The proposed designation must reflect a community
consensus and be without local opposition.
The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good
faith effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the
prior designation.
This resolution designates a four mile segment of Interstate 15
in San Bernardino County as the
CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway. The resolution
further requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to
erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state
sources to cover the expense of fabricating and installing the
signs.
COMMENTS:
1. Purpose . This resolution is intended to honor CHP
Officer Justin W. McGrory, who was struck and killed by a
motorist while administering a field sobriety test on
Interstate 15 in the vicinity of Barstow.
2. Summary of Officer McGrory's life . Justin Wayne McGrory
served in the United States Air Force in Little Rock,
Arkansas. Upon being discharged, he joined an Air Force
reserve unit 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. In his short career
with the CHP, he distinguished himself in his work and was
selected to become a training officer for new CHP cadets.
On June 27, 2010, at approximately 3:38 a.m., 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. 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
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to ruin the violator's day," his devotion to his family and
career, confidence, charm, poise, and for being an
all-around great man.
3. Consistent with committee's policy . This resolution is
consistent with all of the provisions of the committee's
policy on highway designations, including requiring the
cost of signs designating the name of the highway being
paid for by non-state sources.
Assembly Votes:
Floor: 74-1
Appr: 15-1
Trans: 13-1
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the Committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 8, 2011)
SUPPORT: None received.
OPPOSED: None received.