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          Date of Hearing:   August 12, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                    SCR 13 (Nielsen) - As Amended:  April 1, 2013

           SENATE VOTE  :  36-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  Designates the Sacramento River Bridge on State Route  
          (SR) 273 in the City of Redding as the "Redding Police Officer  
          Owen "Ted" Lyon Memorial Bridge."  

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a bridge on State Route (SR) 273 in the  
          City of Redding as the "Redding Police Officer Owen "Ted" Lyon  
          Memorial Bridge."  Specifically,  this bill  :

          1)Recounts the lifetime accomplishments of Officer Owen "Ted"  
            Lyon, who served on the Redding Police Department.  
              
          2)Designates the Sacramento River Bridge on SR 273 in the City  
            of Redding as the "Redding Police Officer Owen "Ted" Lyon  
            Memorial Bridge."  

          3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation  
            (Caltrans) 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  :  Born in New Mexico in 1931, Officer Lyon later moved  
          to California and worked for a lumber company before joining the  
          Redding Police Department in 1961.  After 6 years of service  
          with the department, Officer Lyon was fatally shot while  
          responding to a domestic violence call.  This bill designating  
          the Sacramento River Bridge in honor of Officer Owen T. Lyon  
          acknowledges the significant role Officer Lyon played in Redding  
          community.  








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           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          California Police Chiefs Association 
          California Narcotic Officers Association 
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :   Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093