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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 124 (Bass)
          As Amended  June 9, 2010
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |73-0 |(April 19,      |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 12,    |
          |           |     |2010)           |        |     |2010)          |
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           Original Committee Reference:    TRANS  .

           SUMMARY  :  Designates an overpass on State Route (SR) 10 as the  
          Sergeant Curtis Massey Memorial Overpass.  

           The Senate amendments  change the facility designated for  
          memorialization from a freeway segment to a freeway overpass.  

           EXISTING LAW  assigns the California Department of Transportation  
          (Caltrans) the responsibility of operating and maintaining state  
          highways.  This includes the installation and maintenance of  
          highway signs.  

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill was substantially similar  
          to the version passed by the Senate.  

           FISCAL EFFECT :  According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee, there will be minor costs to Caltrans to make and  
          erect appropriate signs; these costs are covered by donations.  

           COMMENTS  :  Curtis Massey graduated from the Los Angeles County  
          Sheriff's Academy in 1992.  Sergeant Massey devoted his life to  
          his family and the public, particularly at-risk youths. Serving  
          first as a youth DARE officer and then at the juvenile detective  
          bureau, he served with the Culver City Police Department for 17  
          years.  

          During that time, Sergeant Massey's admirable drive to protect  
          and serve the public, and his dedication to duty, led him to be  
          honored as "Officer of the Year" three times within the Culver  
          City Police Department.  Sergeant Massey was also a recipient of  
          the "Medal of Valor," the department's highest honor.  At the  
          time of his death, he had recently been assigned as the  
          supervisor of the juvenile detective section, and spent a lot of  
          his own free time working with at-risk children.  








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          On January 28, 2009, Sergeant Massey was killed when his  
          unmarked vehicle was struck head-on by a vehicle being driven  
          the wrong way on SR 10 near National Boulevard in Los Angeles.  

           
          Analysis Prepared by :    Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093  


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