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          Bill No:  SCR 69
          Author:   Runner (R)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 3/23/10
          AYES:  Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Kehoe,  
            Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Harman

          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


           SUBJECT  :    California Highway Patrol Officer Richard D.  
          Duvall 
                      Memorial Highway

           SOURCE  :     California Association of Highway Patrolmen


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates the segment of State  
          Route (SR) 15 between Exit D and the SR 395 interchange in  
          the City of Victorville as the California Highway Patrol  
          Officer Richard D. Duvall Memorial Highway. The resolution  
          further requests the Department of Transportation to erect  
          appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state  
          sources to cover the costs.  

           ANALYSIS  :    Officer Richard Duval was bone in San Leandro,  
          California on June 19, 1933.  After graduating from high  
          school, Officer Duvall served in the United States Marine  
          Corps. In September 17, 1957, he married his wife Gwenellen  
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          in San Leandro.  He completed the California Highway Patrol  
          (CHP) Academy and was assigned to Victorville.  At the time  
          of his tragic death his daughter, Deanne, was 20 months  
          old, and his wife was pregnant with his son Richard. 

          Officer Duvall's daughter, Deanne Willhoft, requests the  
          naming of a segment of SR 15 for her father to commemorate  
          his death in the line of duty.

          By naming this segment of SR 15 in honor of CHP Officer  
          Richard D. Duvall, this resolution seeks to memorialize the  
          life of Officer Duvall, who fifty years ago on February 23,  
          1960 lost his life, after stopping a car for a routine  
          traffic violation.  During the stop he was shot and killed  
          by an escaped convict from the California State Prison at  
          San Quentin, who, unknown to Officer Duvall, had a few  
          minutes earlier murdered a grocery store clerk

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  Yes

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  4/20/10)

          California Association of Highway Patrolmen (source)
          California Peace Officers Association
          California Police Chiefs Association
          Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office


          JJA:do  4/20/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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