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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 3 (Logue)
          As Amended  June 17, 2013
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |70-0 |(May 16, 2013)  |SENATE: |29-0 |(July 8, 2013) |
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           Original Committee Reference:   TRANS.  

           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.  


           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  
          signs; these costs are covered by donations.  

           COMMENTS  :  Officer Robert James Quirk was a Navy veteran prior  








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          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.  
           

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


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