Amended in Assembly June 9, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 177

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

May 2, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 177—Relative to the Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 177, as amended, Frazier. Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway begin insert Route end insert 12 begin insert between Marina Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue end insert in the County of Solano as the Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to 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, Hale Humphrey grew up in the New Boston area
of eastern Texas prior to enlisting in the United States Navy; and

WHEREAS, After completing his naval service, Hale Humphrey
settled in Fairfield, initially working for the Fairfield Police
Department before becoming a deputy sheriff with the Solano
County Sheriff’s Office; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Humphrey was active in social activities
in Solano County, becoming a member of the local Elks Lodge
and eventually its exalted ruler; and

WHEREAS, On March 15, 1963, following a robbery at a
service station, one of the fleeing suspects killed a California
Highway Patrol begin delete Officer end delete begin insert officer end insert , and Deputy Humphrey, who was
at a roadblock set up to apprehend the suspects, was killed in the
line of duty when the suspect vehicle rammed the roadblock; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Humphrey, at the time of his death, was
survived by his wife of 10 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Humphrey, and
by his daughter Sherry Humphrey; and

WHEREAS, It is appropriate to commemorate Deputy
Humphrey’s service and ultimate sacrifice, and to designate a
portion of State Highway Route 12 in Solano County in his honor;
now, therefore be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 12 begin delete that constitutes the overcrossing
between the City of Fairfield and the City of Suisun City end delete begin insert between
Marina Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue, near the south end
of Union Avenue and the north end of Main Street, in the County
of Solano, end insert as the Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey
Memorial Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs, consistent with
the signing requirements of the state highway system, showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering 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.