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                                      CONSENT 


          Bill No:  SCR 27
          Author:   Huff (R), et al.
          Amended:  4/16/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE:  9-0, 5/5/15
           AYES:  Beall, Allen, Bates, Galgiani, Leyva, McGuire, Mendoza,  
            Roth, Wieckowski
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cannella, Gaines

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:  Senate Rule 28.8

           SUBJECT:   Fullerton Police Officer Jerry Hatch Memorial  
                     Highway


          SOURCE:    Author
          
          DIGEST:  This resolution designates a portion of State Highway  
          Route (SR) 91 in the County of Orange as the Fullerton Police  
          Officer Jerry Hatch Memorial Highway. 


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution designates the portion of SR 91  
          between State College Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue in Orange  
          County as the Fullerton Police Officer Jerry Hatch Memorial  
          Highway.  This resolution further requests that the Department  
          of Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving  
          donations from non-state sources to cover the costs.
          
          Comments

          Purpose.  The author introduced this resolution to honor the  
          life and sacrifice of Officer Jerry Hatch.









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          Background on Officer Hatch.  Officer Hatch was described as  
          someone who always had a smile and who had received two citizen  
          citations in the six months he was on the force. 

          On Sunday, June 29, 1975, while on his way to work, Officer  
          Hatch stopped to assist a motorist with an engine fire on the  
          Beach Boulevard off ramp of SR 91. As he was placing his fire  
          extinguisher back in his trunk, Officer Hatch was struck from  
          behind by a drunk driver.  On June 30, 1975, Officer Hatch  
          succumbed to his injuries.  Officer Hatch was the first  
          Fullerton police officer to be killed in the line of duty.

          Officer Hatch is survived by his parents, Paul and Dorothy  
          Hatch; his wife, Ruth; and his daughter, Audrey, who was two  
          years old at the time of his death.

          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   No 


          SUPPORT:   (Verified5/15/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified5/15/15)


          None received



          Prepared by:Holly Glasen / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
          5/19/15 9:49:37


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