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        SENATE THIRD READING
        SCR 57 (Ron Calderon)
        As Introduced  August 31, 2009
        Majority vote 

         SENATE VOTE  :22-0  
         
         SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 60 in Los Angeles  
        County as the CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway   
        Specifically,  this bill  :   

        1)Recounts the life and career of David M. Romero, an officer with  
          the California Highway Patrol (CHP), who lost his life in the  
          service of the state.

        2)Designates the segment of SR 60 eastbound from SR 605 (Mile Post  
          Marker 11.71) to Hacienda Boulevard (Mile Post Marker 15.93) and  
          westbound from Hacienda Boulevard (Mile Post Marker 15.96) to SR  
          605 (Mile Post Marker 11.59) as the CHP Officer David M. Romero  
          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 nonstate  
          sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.

         EXISTING LAW  assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate and  
        maintain state highways.  This includes the installation and  
        maintenance of highway signs.

         FISCAL EFFECT :  Unknown

         COMMENTS  :   David M. Romero was born in West Covina, graduated from  
        high school in Hacienda Heights, and attended community college in  
        Whittier.

        After working in La Puente, Mr. Romero was selected for a cadet  
        position and entered the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Academy on  
        January 11, 1982.  Upon graduation from the Academy on May 27, 1982,  
        Officer Romero, badge number 10116, was assigned to the Santa Fe  
        Springs Area Office as a motorcycle officer.

        Officer Romero also served in the Riverside Area Office before  








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        transferring back to the Santa Fe Springs Area, serving the State of  
        California as a CHP Officer for 23 years and four months.
           
        Tragically, David Romero was killed in the line of duty on September  
        23, 2005.  While stopped at a red light on his departmental  
        motorcycle in the City of Industry, he was rear-ended by a vehicle  
        that was traveling at a high rate of speed and was being driven by  
        an intoxicated driver.

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


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