BILL NUMBER: ACR 99	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   Relative to the Border Patrol Agent Eric Norman Cabral Memorial
Bridge.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 99, as introduced, Jones. Border Patrol Agent Eric Norman
Cabral Memorial Bridge.
   This measure would designate the Round Mountain Bridge on
Interstate 8 in the County of San Diego as the Border Patrol Agent
Eric Norman Cabral Memorial Bridge. 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, Border Patrol Agent Eric Norman Cabral was the youngest
of four children, born to Ernie and Norma Cabral on June 27, 1976, in
San Diego, California; and
   WHEREAS, Agent Cabral was active in sports and athletics and
graduated from Morse High School in 1994. His passion for health and
fitness led him to obtain a Bachelors Degree of Science in
Kinesiology from the San Diego State University in 2001 and a Master'
s Degree of Science in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific
University in 2003; and
   WHEREAS, Before joining the Border Patrol, Agent Cabral worked as
an Exercise Physiologist at US Spine and Sport in San Diego. He later
became the Assistant Fitness Director, as well as a professor, at
Southwestern College where he taught health and fitness classes for
three years. In September 2005, he joined the United States Border
Patrol and graduated with the 601st Academy Session in February 2006;
and
   WHEREAS, On July 26, 2007, Agent Cabral died from heat-related
injuries after tracking a group of suspected undocumented immigrants
on foot. Agent Cabral was found unconscious along the Carrizo Gorge
Railway railroad tracks, near the south entrance to the De Anza
Springs Resort, about one-half mile north of Interstate 8. He was
flown to Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego via Mercy Air, where,
tragically, Agent Cabral was pronounced dead; and
   WHEREAS, Agent Cabral was 31 years of age and is survived by his
parents, Ernie and Norma Cabral, sisters, Erma Ponce De Leon, Sheila
Lee, and Beverlee Cabral, and his fianc�e Ninaliza Naigan; and
   WHEREAS, Agent Cabral was the fourth Border Patrol agent to die in
the line of duty during 2007. Agent Cabral's death is a reminder of
the dangers that agents face every day while securing America's
borders and protecting its people; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates the Round
Mountain Bridge located between Postmile R072.55 and Postmile R072.57
on Interstate 8 in the County of San Diego as the Border Patrol
Agent Eric Norman Cabral Memorial Bridge; 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 Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.