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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS


          ACR  
          180 (Obernolte)


          As Amended  August 16, 2016


          Majority vote


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          Original Committee Reference:  TRANS.


          SUMMARY:  Designates a portion of State Route (SR) 247 in San  
          Bernardino County as the "Sergeant Brian Walker Memorial  
          Highway."


          The Senate amendments clarify the boundaries of the segment of  
          SR 247 being named for Sergeant Brian Walker. 


          EXISTING LAW:  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways including the installation and  
          maintenance of highway signs.


          AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this resolution:


          1)Recounted the life and accomplishments of Sergeant Brian L.  








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            Walker.


          2)Designated the portion of SR 247 in the County of San  
            Bernardino, beginning at the intersection of SR 247 and Allen  
            Way and continuing toward Johnson Valley for five miles, as  
            the "Sergeant Brian Walker Memorial Highway."


          3)Requested that the California Department of Transportation  
            (Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent  
            with the signing requirements for the state highway system,  
            showing the specific designation and, upon receiving donations  
            from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those  
            signs.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.


          COMMENTS:  Sergeant Brian Walker was born and raised in San  
          Bernardino County and attended local schools including Lucerne  
          Valley High School where he served as an officer in the Future  
          Farmers of America program.  Sergeant Walker later served as a  
          military policeman in the United States Army.  Sergeant Walker,  
          six days after arriving for his second deployment in the Middle  
          East, tragically lost his life in Afghanistan on May 13, 2012,  
          when a vehicle under his command was hit with an improvised  
          explosive device.


          To memorialize Sergeant Walker's service and his contribution to  
          his community, this bill seeks to name the portion of SR 247 in  
          San Bernardino County (from the intersection of SR 247 and Allen  
          Way and continuing five miles toward Johnson Valley) as the  
          "Sergeant Brian Walker Memorial Highway."


          Analysis Prepared by:                                             
                          Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093  FN:  
          0004571








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