BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SCR 6
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Date of Hearing: August 12, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
SCR 6 (Wolk) - As Introduced: January 8, 2013
SENATE VOTE : 36-0
SUBJECT : Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway
SUMMARY : Designates a specific portion of State Route (SR) 37
in Solano County as the "Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot
Memorial Highway." Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the lifetime accomplishments of Officer James Capoot,
a military veteran, police officer, and family man.
2)Designates a portion of SR 37 between Interstate 80 and SR 29
in Solano County as the Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot
Memorial Highway.
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 Little Rock, Arkansas, Officer Capoot joined
the United States Marine Corps and was stationed at the Mare
Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. Once completing
his active duty, Officer Capoot joined the California Highway
Patrol in 1990 and three years later joined the Vallejo Police
Department. After serving 18 years on the Department, Officer
Capoot was killed in the line of duty while responding to a bank
robbery. This bill designating a specific portion of SR 37 in
honor of Officer James Capoot acknowledges the significant role
Officer Capoot played in the Vallejo community.
SCR 6
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REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
City of Vallejo
Vallejo Police Department
Solano County Board of Supervisors
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093