BILL NUMBER: SCR 69	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 23, 1998

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Rainey, Burton, and Kopp

                        FEBRUARY 17, 1998

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 69--Relative to the Donald D.
Doyle Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 69, as amended, Rainey.  Donald D. Doyle Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate
Highway Route 680 the "Donald D. Doyle Highway," and would request
the Department of Transportation to erect plaques and markers showing
that designation if contributions from private sources are received
to cover the costs.
   Fiscal committee:  yes.



  
   WHEREAS, The Honorable Donald D. Doyle served the constituents of
Contra Costa County in the California State Assembly from 1953 to
1959, and gained a well-deserved reputation for honesty, decency, and
selfless dedication to the causes of education, health, and
transportation; and
   WHEREAS, Donald Doyle is a native Californian who began his career
in the San Francisco Bay area in the insurance business before
successfully running for a seat on the California State Assembly; and

   WHEREAS, As chairman of the Assembly Education Committee for four
years, Donald Doyle actively supported and championed education
issues, particularly with regard to higher education; and
   WHEREAS, Donald Doyle's lifelong commitment to improving education
is manifested by his multitude of community roles, which include
membership on and chairmanship of the Board of Independent Colleges
of Northern California, presidency of the Board of Regents of Saint
Mary's College of California, membership on the Board of Trustees of
Saint Mary's College, membership on the Board of Directors of De La
Salle Institute, and presidency of Junior Achievement; and
   WHEREAS, Donald Doyle's leadership in mental health issues is
evidenced by his authorship of the Short-Doyle Mental Health Act of
1958, for which he received a medal in the mental health field from
the University of California at San Francisco; and
   WHEREAS, Donald Doyle has had a tremendous impact on improving the
transportation of the San Francisco Bay area by successfully
authoring legislation which produced the ferry boat transportation
system between the Cities of Martinez and Benecia; and
   WHEREAS, Donald Doyle has led a distinguished career of 43 years
in the insurance business and, as the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Bayview Savings and Loan, was heralded as the man who
saved the institution from extinction by reorganization and deft
management; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of his contributions to Contra Costa
County and all of the citizens of California, it is appropriate to
designate a highway in that county as the Donald D. Doyle Highway;
now, therefore, be it 
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the portion of Interstate Highway Route 680
from the junction with Interstate Highway Route 580 to the junction
with State Highway Route 24, is hereby officially designated the
"Donald D. Doyle Highway"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting appropriate plaques and markers,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing this official designation and, upon receiving
contributions from private sources to cover that cost, to erect those
plaques and markers; and be it further
   Revolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation.