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          Date of Hearing:   March 24, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                 ACR 98 (Bigelow) - As Introduced:  February 14, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :  Memorial Highway Plaque

           SUMMARY  :  Calls for the erection of a memorial plaque on State  
          Route (SR) 132 to commemorate United States Secret Service  
          Agents Donald W. Robinson, Donald A. Bejcek, and George P.  
          LaBarge.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Describes the vehicular accident that killed United States  
            Secret Service Agents Donald W. Robinson, Donald A. Bejcek,  
            and George P. LaBarge.  

          2)Authorizes the placement of a permanent memorial plaque on SR  
            132 in Mariposa County, California between highway marker 300  
            and 371.  

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

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

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Costs to make and erect the appropriate plaque  
          is covered by donations.

           COMMENTS  :  On March 5, 1983, United States Secret Service  
          Special Agents Donald W. Robinson, 38 years old of Newark, New  
          Jersey; Donald A. Bejcek, 29 years old of Chicago, Illinois; and  
          George P. LaBarge, 41 years old, of Dayton, Ohio were en route  
          to their assignment to protect the life of the Queen Elizabeth  
          II of the United Kingdom during her official visit to the  
          Yosemite Valley.  The three agents were killed when their  
          vehicle collided head-on with a Mariposa County Sherriff's  
          Department patrol car on SR 132 in Mariposa County, California.   









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          This resolution calls for the erection of a memorial plaque at  
          the site of the accident which is located between post mile 300,  
          located west of the Jalapa Road east bound lane, and post mile  
          371, located at the county line of Mariposa and Tuolumne County  
          east bound lane.  This resolution further requests that Caltrans  
          erect the plaque upon receiving donations from non-state sources  
          to cover the costs.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None received

           Opposition 
           
          None received
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :   Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-  
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