BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 180 Hearing Date: 8/9/2016
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|Author: |Obernolte |
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|Version: |5/26/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Sergeant Brian Walker Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route 247 in the County of San Bernardino as the Sergeant Brian
Walker Memorial Highway.
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 portion of State Highway Route
247 in the County of San Bernardino, beginning at the
intersection of State Highway Route 247 and Allen Way and
continuing toward Johnson Valley for five miles, as the Sergeant
Brian Walker Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation
is requested to determine the cost of erecting the appropriate
signs, and upon receiving donations from non-state sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. The purpose of this resolution is to honor the life
and service of Sergeant Brian Walker.
2)Background. Sergeant Brian L. Walker was born and raised in
San Bernardino County's high desert region, attending Lucerne
Valley High School. Sergeant Walker served as a military
policeman in the United States Army assigned to the 425th
Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team
(Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. Six days after arriving
for his second deployment in the Middle East, Sergeant Walker
was killed when a vehicle under his command was hit with an
improvised explosive device.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
August 3, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
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American Legion Post 879
Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War
Lucerne Valley Disaster Readiness Council, Inc.
Lucerne Valley Root Diggers Genealogical Society
Robertson's
San Bernardino County Department of Veterans Affairs
OPPOSITION:
None received
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