BILL NUMBER: ACR 14	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Irwin

                        JANUARY 29, 2015

   Relative to the Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko
Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 14, as amended, Irwin. Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene"
Kostiuchenko Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 101 in the County of Ventura as the Deputy Sheriff Yevhen
"Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial Highway.  This  
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.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Ventura County Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene"
Kostiuchenko was born in Kiev, Ukraine, to Anatoliy and Nadiia
Kostiuchenko on January 30, 1973, and was one of two children born to
the  Kostiuchenko's,   Kostiuchenkos, 
including a brother Oleksandr; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene was raised in Kiev, Ukraine, where he attended
secondary school from 1980  though   through
 1990. Later, he attended the Military University of Defense of
Russian Federation in Moscow where he received a  masters
  master's  degree in linguistics; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene was fluent in four languages: Ukrainian, Russian,
English, and Farsi. Eugene could also communicate in German; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene achieved the rank of  Captain 
 captain  in the  Ukranian Armed Forces 
 Ukrainian armed forces  where he served from 1995 to 1999;
and
   WHEREAS, Eugene was a  Military Intelligence Officer
  military intelligence officer  and served as a
liaison with the Federal Bureau of  Investigations, 
 Investigation,  the Drug Enforcement Administration, and
the Central Intelligence Agency. Eugene held the very prestigious
position of serving as the adjutant to the  General 
 general  of the  Ukranian Army;  
Ukrainian   army;  and
   WHEREAS, Eugene began his career with the County of Ventura in
April 2003. He initially worked as a program administrator with the
Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services where he assisted with
training and response plans for the  County's  
county's  Terrorism Working Group; and
   WHEREAS, On July 5, 2007, Eugene was hired as a deputy sheriff
trainee and began the rigorous five-month training program at the
Sheriff's Regional Training Center; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene was a member of Class 2007-2 that began with 25
 Sheriff's   sheriff's  recruits and
graduated 20. Through Eugene's discipline, dedication, and work
ethic, he was one of the successful 3 percent who made it all the way
from the initial application process to graduation; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene was sworn in as a deputy sheriff on November 29,
2007, and worked in the Detention Services Division until October
2013. After working in two custody facilities, he was transferred to
patrol in the City of Camarillo where he began patrol training; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene completed patrol training in April 2014, and
worked as a patrol deputy in Camarillo, proudly serving the residents
of that city; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene was an avid runner who could often be seen running
through the streets of Camarillo as he trained for the Baker to
Vegas Challenge Cup Relay. This event, often referred to as the
ultimate foot pursuit, is a difficult relay race consisting of 120
miles and 20 stages that starts in Baker,  California
  California,  and ends in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Eugene was a member of the Sheriff's Office elite competitive team
and would often run the hardest and longest legs of the race; and
   WHEREAS, On October 28, 2014, Eugene had completed an early
morning traffic stop and was walking back to his patrol vehicle when
he was struck and killed by an intoxicated driver; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene enforced the law with enthusiasm but was also
kind, compassionate, and caring. He loved animals and had future
aspirations to become a canine handler and a member of the Sheriff's
Bomb  Team.   Squad.  Those goals were not
achieved due to his untimely passing, but there is no doubt he would
have been successful in those endeavors as he was in all the other
areas of his life; and
   WHEREAS, Eugene will be truly missed by all who had the pleasure
and honor of knowing him; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
 2.040 mile   2.040-mile  portion of State
Highway Route 101 between Lewis Road/Junction State Route 34 at mile
post 13.848 and Las Posas Road at mile post 15.888 in the County of
Ventura as the Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko 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 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.