BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SCR 149 Hearing Date: 6/28/2016
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|Author: |Gaines |
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|Version: |6/21/2016 |
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|Urgency: | No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Firefighter Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck Memorial
Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route 50 as the Firefighter Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck 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
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named.
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 a portion of State Highway Route 50
from post mile R61.845 to post mile R66.483 as the Firefighter
Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck Memorial Highway. The measure also
requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost
of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from non-state sources covering that cost,
to erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the life and
service of Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck.
2)Background. Michael "Mikey" Hallenbeck, a resident of Shingle
Springs, was a firefighter working as a member of Organized
Crew 36 of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the United
States Forest Service. While fighting the Sierra Fire in
August 2015, Michael was struck by a falling tree, which
killed him.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 22, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
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OPPOSITION:
None received
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