BILL NUMBER: ACR 68	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Hagman, Morrell, and Nestande)
   (Coauthors: Senators Emmerson and Knight)

                        JUNE 25, 2013

   Relative to the Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 68, as amended, Donnelly. Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 38
in San Bernardino County as the Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial
Highway. The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Jeremiah MacKay was born on June 4, 1977, in San
Bernardino, to Alan and Dawn MacKay; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. MacKay grew up with his younger sister, Angela, in
Lake Arrowhead, where he developed a passion for mountain recreation.
At the age of four he climbed the highest peak in southern
California, 11,503-foot Mount San Gorgonio; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. MacKay attended Calvary Chapel Christian School in
Twin Peaks, and Mary P. Jenck Intermediate School and Rim of the
World High School, both in Lake Arrowhead; and
   WHEREAS, Throughout his adolescence, Mr. MacKay enjoyed being part
of a youth group at Church of the Woods in Lake Arrowhead, and loved
participating in sports, including football, tennis, and skiing; and

   WHEREAS, Mr. MacKay continued to spend time in the mountains as a
young man, working as a ski and snowboard instructor at the Snow
Valley Ski Resort in Running Springs, and as lake patrol for the
Arrowhead Lake Association in Lake Arrowhead; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. MacKay began his career in public service when he
joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department as a member of
Academy Class 131. He graduated from the program and became a Deputy
Sheriff on June 4, 1998, his 21st birthday; and
   WHEREAS, As a deputy, Mr. MacKay was assigned to the Central
Detention Center, Central Station, and Sheriff Training Facility, all
in San Bernardino, and Twin Peaks station, in Twin Peaks. He was
promoted to the rank of detective and served in that capacity at
stations in Twin Peaks, Big Bear, and Yucaipa, with the radio call
sign of 14.D.2; and
   WHEREAS, As part of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department, Detective MacKay earned five California Highway Patrol
10851 Awards and three Commander's Awards; and
   WHEREAS, Detective MacKay was chosen to be a member of the San
Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Honor Guard, and lived by the
three cardinal principles of the Sheriff's Department: honor, pride,
and tradition; and
   WHEREAS, Although deeply committed to his public service career,
family and friends always came first to Detective MacKay; and
   WHEREAS, Detective MacKay fell in love and proposed to his wife,
Lynette, on Thanksgiving in 2010, and married her on November 19,
2011; and
   WHEREAS, Whenever he had the opportunity, Detective MacKay spent
time with his family camping, attending country music concerts, and
visiting the beach; and
   WHEREAS, Detective MacKay took pride in his Scottish heritage and
enjoyed playing the bagpipes. He was a member of the Inland Empire
Emerald Society for six years, and ultimately became the organization'
s sergeant at arms; and
   WHEREAS, On February 12, 2013, at the age of 35, Detective MacKay
was shot and killed by Christopher Dorner during the manhunt for the
rogue ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer; and
   WHEREAS, Detective MacKay gave his life protecting the community
that he treasured. He will be remembered as a family man with an
infectious laugh who engaged life with joy and enthusiasm; and
   WHEREAS, Detective MacKay is survived by his beloved wife,
Lynette, stepdaughter, Kaitlyn, and son, Cayden; and
   WHEREAS, To honor Detective MacKay's memory, the 14.D.2 Prayer
Project has been established to encourage prayer for the safety of
first responders; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 38 from  mile marker 20 to
mile marker 30,   post mile 24.00 to post mile 29.00,
 inclusive, in San Bernardino County as the Detective Jeremiah
MacKay Memorial Highway to honor his noble sacrifice; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the 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.