BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 13, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
ACR 177
(Frazier) - As Amended June 9, 2016
SUBJECT: Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey Memorial
Highway
SUMMARY: Designates a portion of State Highway 12 in Solano
County as the "Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey
Memorial Highway." Specifically, this resolution:
1)Recounts the life and career of Solano County Deputy Sheriff
Hale Humphrey, who lost his life in the line of duty.
2)Designates a portion of State Highway Route 12 between Marina
Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, near the south end of Union
Avenue and the north end of Main Street in Solano County as
the "Solano County Deputy Sheriff Hale Humphrey Memorial
Highway."
3)Requests that the Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs and markers,
showing this special designation, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, and upon receiving
donations from non-state sources covering the cost, to erect
those signs.
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EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways including the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signs and markers upon receiving
donations from non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: The author seeks to honor Solano County Deputy
Sheriff Hale Humphrey who grew up in eastern Texas and settled
in Fairfield. Deputy Humphrey served in the United States Navy
and after completing his service joined the Fairfield Police
Department. He later became a Deputy Sherriff with the Solano
County Sherriff's office. Deputy Humphrey was involved in his
community, including the local Elks Lodge, of which he became an
Exalted Ruler. Deputy Humphrey was killed in the line of duty
on March 15, 1963, following a robbery at a service station,
attempting to apprehend the fleeing suspects at a road block.
The suspects also killed a California Highway Patrol Officer.
Deputy Humphrey left behind a wife and daughter. This
resolution in his honor commemorates his service and ultimate
sacrifice.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Solano County Deputy Sheriff Association
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Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Melissa White / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093