BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 159 Hearing Date: 6/28/2016
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|Author: |Salas |
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|Version: |3/29/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: CHP Officer Keith M. Giles Memorial Interchange
DIGEST: This resolution designates the interchange at State
Routes 43 and 198 in the County of Kings as the CHP Officer
Keith M. Giles Memorial Interchange.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
1)The person being honored must have provided extraordinary
public service or some exemplary contribution to the public
good and have a connection to the community where the highway
or structure is located.
2)The person being honored must be deceased.
3)The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
4)The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the resolution
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
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5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
in length.
6)The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition.
7)The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith
effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior
designation.
This resolution designates the interchange at State Routes 43
and 198 in the County of Kings as the CHP Officer Keith M. Giles
Memorial Interchange. It also requests that the Department of
Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signage and,
upon receipt of donations from non-state sources covering that
cost, to erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the life and
service of Keith M. Giles.
2)Background. Keith Melvin Giles was born on July 21, 1940 in
Tulare, California. He graduated from Corcoran High School
and the College of the Sequoias. Mr. Giles served in the
United States Army, achieving the rank of corporal. Mr. Giles
graduated from the California Highway Patrol Academy on May
28, 1970. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the Santa Fe
Springs Area. On August 25, 1974, Officer Giles was killed in
the line of duty. While making a traffic stop and standing
next to the stopped vehicle, another vehicle drifted over the
edge of the roadway, striking and killing Officer Giles.
Officer Giles is survived by his wife and three children.
Assembly Votes:
Floor: 77-0
Appr: 20-0
Trans: 15-0
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 22, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
Peace Officers Research Association of California
OPPOSITION:
None recieved
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