BILL NUMBER: ACR 3	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        JANUARY 14, 2013

   Relative to the CHP Officer Robert James Quirk Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 3, as introduced, Logue. The CHP Officer Robert James Quirk
Memorial Highway.
    This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 5,
in the County of Tehama, as the California Highway Patrol Officer
Robert James Quirk Memorial Highway. The measure would request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate
signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol Officer Robert James Quirk was
born on January 24, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois, and was the beloved
and youngest child of Michael Quirk and Anna Lahic; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Quirk enlisted in the United States Navy in
January 1942 and completed Naval Aviator Training; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Quirk was commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior
Grade and saw action on the Philippine Islands while serving as a
squadron commander of B-24 bombers and flew multiple bombing raids
during the battle of Kwajalein; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Quirk was recognized for his many achievements
and, in 1947, was honorably discharged from the Navy; and
   WHEREAS, In 1951, Officer Quirk moved to San Diego, California,
and began working at Consolidated Aircraft Company; and
   WHEREAS, In 1954, Officer Quirk was hired by the CHP and assigned
to the Compton CHP Office where he worked from 1955 until 1963; and
   WHEREAS, In 1963, Officer Quirk was transferred to the Red Bluff
CHP Office where he served until his untimely death in 1971; and
   WHEREAS, On April 11, 1971, after being involved in a foot
pursuit, during which time he singlehandedly caught three suspects,
Officer Quirk suffered a fatal heart attack; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Quirk's death was a direct result of his
honorable service to the people of the State of California, but was
not recognized as such for over 40 years; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Quirk left a wife, Patricia, and five children,
Michael, Sheila, Dan, Phil, and Ken, to cherish his memory and
celebrate his legacy; and
   WHEREAS, Following in his father's footsteps is his son, Sergeant
Ken Quirk of the Storey County Nevada Sheriff's Department, who
demonstrates the highest standards of law enforcement while carrying
his father's handcuffs and wearing his father's brass belt buckle;
and
   WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Quirk's service and sacrifice, it
would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway
Route 5, in the County of Tehama, as the California Highway Patrol
Officer Robert James Quirk Memorial Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates a portion
of State Highway Route 5, in the County of Tehama, as the California
Highway Patrol Officer Robert James Quirk 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 that 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.