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                                                                  SCR 37
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          Date of Hearing:   June 27, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                    SCR 37 (Anderson) - As Amended:  May 24, 2011

           SENATE VOTE  :  38-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Route 8

           SUMMARY :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 8 as the 
          Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas Jr. Memorial Highway.  
          Specifically,  this bill :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Robert W. Rosas Jr., a U.S. 
            Border Patrol Agent who lost his life in the line of duty.  


          2)Designates the segment of SR 8 between post mile R51.000 and 
            post mile R55.800 as the Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas 
            Jr. Memorial Highway.  


          3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 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.  


           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate 
          and maintain state highways.  This includes the installation and 
          maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown.  This bill was withdrawn from the 
          Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.  

           COMMENTS  :  Born and raised in El Centro, California, Robert 
          Rosas graduated from El Centro's Central Union High School in 
          1997.  Entering law enforcement at age 21, he worked for six 
          years as a correctional officer at Centinela State Prison.  In 
          2006, Mr. Rosas began his career with the U.S. Border Patrol.  
          On July 23, 2009, Agent Rosas was following a group of 
          suspicious individuals near Campos on the U.S.-Mexico border.  








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          He radioed for backup from other agents.  When the responding 
          agents arrived on the scene they heard shots and a short while 
          later found Agent Rosas, who had been shot.  Agent Rosas died at 
          the scene.  At his memorial service, an event that drew 
          thousands, he was remembered as the "Mayor of El Centro" because 
          of his popularity in his home community.  

          Agent Rosas died in the line of duty at age 30.  He is survived 
          by his wife, Rosalie, and their two children.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093