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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 14 (Yamada)
          As Amended  May 14, 2013
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |78-0 |(April 22,      |SENATE: |33-0 |(July 1, 2013) |
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           Original Committee Reference:    TRANS.  

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a rest area in Dunnigan on Interstate 5 as  
          the Deputy Tony Diaz, Yolo County Sheriff's Office, Memorial  
          Rest Area.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Tony Diaz, an officer with the  
            Yolo County Sheriff's Office, who tragically lost his life in  
            the line of duty.  


          2)Designates the rest area in Dunnigan on Interstate 5 as the  
            Deputy Tony Diaz, Yolo County Sheriff's Office, Memorial Rest  
            Area.  



          3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to  
            determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the  
            signing requirements for the state highway system, showing the  
            special designation and, upon receiving donations from  
            non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.  



           The Senate amendments  are minor and technical.  



           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee, minor costs to Caltrans to make and erect appropriate  








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          signs; these costs are covered by donations. 

           COMMENTS  :  On June 15, 2008, Deputy Tony Diaz was tragically  
          shot while attempting to stop a known parolee suspected of  
          driving under the influence with a child in the vehicle.  Deputy  
          Diaz died of his injuries just a few hours later.  Deputy Diaz  
          was 38 years and had served with the Yolo County Sheriff's  
          Office for four years.  He was known by his peers to be a  
          gentle, hardworking man who was proud of his family and his  
          community.  

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :   Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 


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