BILL NUMBER: SCR 6	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  85
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 29, 2013
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

                        JANUARY 8, 2013

   Relative to the Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 6, Wolk. Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway.

   This measure would designate the portion of State Highway 37
between Interstate 80 and State Highway 29 as the Vallejo Police
Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway. The measure would request that
the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate
signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, James Lowell Capoot was born on November 2, 1966, in
Little Rock, Arkansas, attended local schools, and graduated from
John L. McClellan High School in 1985, where he excelled on the cross
country and track teams; and
   WHEREAS, After graduation, Jim enlisted in the United States
Marine Corps, and was stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in
Vallejo, where he met the love of his life, Jennifer Eileen DeCarlo;
and
   WHEREAS, Jim and Jennifer were married at St. Basil's Catholic
Church in Vallejo on August 29, 1987, and they are the parents of
three daughters-Jillian, Jamie, and Justine; and
   WHEREAS, Jim completed active duty with the United States Marine
Corps in 1989, but remained on active reserve until 1993, and he
began his law enforcement career with the Department of the
California Highway Patrol in 1990; and
   WHEREAS, In 1993, Jim joined the Vallejo Police Department, where
he served for over 18 years as a motorcycle officer, motorcycle
instructor, driving instructor, and SWAT officer; and
   WHEREAS, During his service with the Vallejo Police Department,
Jim received two Medals of Courage, one Life-Saving Medal, and many
other department commendations, as well as the Officer of the Year
Award; and
   WHEREAS, Jim also served his community as coach of the Vallejo
High School varsity girls' basketball team, leading that team to a
Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Championship in 2010; and
   WHEREAS, Jim was killed in the line of duty on November 17, 2011,
and his loss was mourned not only by his wife, daughters, mother, and
the rest of his family, and his friends and colleagues, but also
mourned throughout the community of Vallejo, which he had served with
such dedication and distinction; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway 37 between Interstate 80 and State Highway
29 as the Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway; 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 Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.