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                                                                  ACR 3
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          Date of Hearing:   April 29, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                     ACR 3 (Logue) - As Amended:  April 24, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :  CHP Officer Robert James Quirk Memorial Highway

           SUMMARY :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 5 as the  
          California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Robert James Quirk  
          Memorial Highway.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Robert James Quirk, an officer  
            with the CHP, who tragically lost his life in the line of  
            duty.  

          2)Designates an a segment of SR 5 from the Snively Road  
            overcrossing at milepost 38.716 to the Nine Mile Hill  
            overcrossing at milepost 36.371 in Tehama County as the  
            California Highway Patrol Officer Robert James Quirk Memorial  
            Highway.  


          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.  

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

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Costs to make and erect the appropriate signs  
          are covered by donations.  

           COMMENTS  :  Officer Robert James Quirk was a Navy veteran prior  
          to his 16-year career with the CHP.  On April 11, 1971, Officer  
          Quirk suffered a fatal heart attack after being involved in a  
          foot pursuit, during which time he singlehandedly caught three  
          suspects.  Forty years later, Officer Quirk's death has been  
          recognized as a direct result of his honorable service to the  
          people of the State of California.   









                                                                  ACR 3
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           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Correctional Peace Officers Association

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           

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