BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 50
Author: Cox (R)
Amended: 7/8/09
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 7/14/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : CHP Officer Raymond Carpenter Memorial
Interchange
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the Rocklin Road
interchange on State Highway Route 80 in Placer County as
the "California Highway Patrol Officer Raymond Carpenter
Memorial Interchange."
ANALYSIS : Officer Raymond Carpenter's was born in 1929
in Placer County near Auburn, Raymond Roy Carpenter grew up
on Sullivan Ranch, where he learned the work of a ranch
hand. He attended Placer High School, where he was a
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps member. After
graduating, Mr. Carpenter joined the U.S. Air Force, where
he served in the security police. His seven years in the
Air Force included service during the Korean War.
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After his honorable discharge from the Air Force, Mr.
Carpenter joined the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and
was initially assigned to Bakersfield, but after two
transfers he made his way back to Auburn, where he lived
for the rest of his life and from where he ran, and
narrowly lost, for State Senate.
His family members report that Mr. Carpenter was generous
with those in need, giving rides, burgers, or even a stay
in his home to those in need. He was an outdoorsman, a
Freemason, and a family man.
In 1970, after 13 years with the CHP, Officer Carpenter
died after being shot by the driver of a vehicle he had
stopped. He was survived by his wife, six children, and
four step-children.
This resolution designates the interchange of State Highway
Route 80 and Rocklin Road in Placer County as the "CHP
Officer Raymond Carpenter Memorial Interchange." The
resolution further requests the Department of
Transportation to erect appropriate signs upon receiving
donations from non-state sources to cover the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
JJA:do 8/18/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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