BILL NUMBER: ACR 41	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mitchell

                        MARCH 21, 2011

   Relative to the CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 41, as introduced, Mitchell. CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz
Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the CHP Officer Philip D.
Ortiz 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, Philip Dennis Ortiz was born June 27, 1961, in Santa
Monica, California; and
   WHEREAS, Philip D. Ortiz graduated from Santa Monica High School
in 1979 and attended Santa Monica City College; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to joining the California Highway Patrol (CHP),
Philip D. Ortiz worked for a local supermarket; however, he always
had a dream of becoming a CHP Officer; and
   WHEREAS, On December 23,1982, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz, badge
number 10428, graduated from the CHP Academy and was assigned to the
central Los Angeles area office; and
   WHEREAS, After more than seven years of service in the central Los
Angeles area, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz was transferred to the
west Los Angeles area, where he spent the remainder of his career;
and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz performed several duties over
the course of his career, some of which included a motorcycle
officer, a motorcycle officer in charge of training the officers who
successfully passed motor school, a weapons/range officer, a physical
methods of arrest (PMA) instructor, and protective services detail
(PSD); and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz was married to his best
friend, Jessica, in 1983, and couldn't have been happier; and
   WHEREAS, On June 22, 2010, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz pulled a
vehicle over for a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane violation. While
approaching the vehicle, another car was driving along the shoulder
and struck CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz and his motorcycle; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz was transported to the Ronald
Reagan UCLA Medical Center where he remained until his passing
almost two weeks later; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz is survived by his wife,
Jessica, sister, Anna, mother, Irene, and stepfather, Claude; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Philip D. Ortiz is admired for his
professionalism, dedication, honesty, loyalty, respect, courage, and
"espirit de corps." He consistently represented the best of the CHP
and was an outstanding role model; 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 405, south of National Boulevard and
north of Palms Overcrossing, milepost marker 405-LA-29.15 to milepost
marker 405-LA-29.19, in the County of Los Angeles as the CHP Officer
Philip D. Ortiz Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost 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.