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                                                                  ACR 159
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          Date of Hearing:   April 19, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                  ACR 159 (Yamada) - As Introduced:  April 15, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Route 10

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 10 as the CHP  
          Officer Johnny R. Martinez Memorial Highway.  Specifically,  this  
          bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Johnny Ramirez Martinez, A  
            California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who was killed in the  
            line of duty.  

          2)Designates a segment of SR 10 as the CHP Officer Johnny R.  
            Martinez Memorial Highway

          3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to  
            determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs,  
            consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway  
            system, showing these special designations, and upon receiving  
            donations from non-state sources covering the cost, to erect  
            those signs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  Johnny Martinez joined the US Marine Corps shortly  
          after graduation from high school.  He proudly served for four  
          years, reaching the rank of Sergeant and serving in Vietnam.  He  
          later attended and graduated from the CHP Academy and was  
          assigned to the East Los Angeles Area.  

          Officer Martinez, badge number 8813, was killed in the line of  
          duty on October 2, 1981.  While clearing debris from the San  
          Bernardino Freeway, he and his partner were gunned down by two  
          paranoid robbery suspects.  Although he was rushed to the  
          hospital, Officer Martinez succumbed to his injuries and died at  
          Alhambra Community Hospital.  









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           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           

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