BILL NUMBER: ACR 41	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mitchell

                        MARCH 21, 2011

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 41, as amended, Mitchell. CHP Officer Philip  D.
  Dennis  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.   Dennis  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.
  Dennis  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.
  Dennis  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.
  Dennis  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.   Dennis
 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
  405-LA-29.51  to milepost marker 
405-LA-29.19   405-LA-29.16  , in the County of Los
Angeles as the CHP Officer Philip  D.   Dennis
 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.