BILL NUMBER: SCR 149	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        JUNE 9, 2016

   Relative to the Firefighter Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 149, Gaines. Firefighter Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 50 from Mount Ralston Road to Echo Summit as the Firefighter
Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck 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 the cost, to erect
those signs.



   WHEREAS, In 2015, Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck, a resident of
Shingle Springs, California, was in his first year as a firefighter
working as a member of Organized Crew 36 of the Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit of the United States Forest Service, which is
responsible for 191,000 acres of national forest lands; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a firefighter, Michael had been
employed as a ski lift operator in the Lake Tahoe area; and
   WHEREAS, In early August 2015, the Sierra Fire started in the
jurisdiction of Michael's firefighting unit; and
   WHEREAS, Michael was struck by a falling tree while fighting to
control the blaze; and
   WHEREAS, Michael, 21, later succumbed to the injuries he
tragically sustained while combating the Sierra Fire; and
   WHEREAS, Michael's sacrifice serves as a reminder of the heroic
work done by men and women, like Michael, who put themselves in
danger, and of the importance of continuing to learn from these
misfortunes and adjusting safety measures during the arduous wildfire
season; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to commemorate Firefighter Michael
"Mikey" Hallenbeck's service and ultimate sacrifice, and to designate
a portion of State Highway Route 50 in El Dorado County in his
honor; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 50 from the intersection with Mount
Ralston Road (post mile R61.845) to Echo Summit (post mile R66.483)
in the County of El Dorado as the Firefighter Michael "Mikey"
Hallenbeck Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs including this
special designation, consistent with the signing requirements for the
state highway system, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.