BILL NUMBER: SCR 122	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        AUGUST 9, 2010

   Relative to the Esteban Bahena Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 122, as introduced, Kehoe. Esteban Bahena Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 163
in the City of San Diego as the Esteban Bahena Memorial Highway. The
measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine
the cost for appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Esteban Bahena was employed as an emergency medical
technician with the San Diego Medical Service; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Bahena provided extraordinary public service and made
an exemplary contribution to the public good; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Bahena was killed in the line of duty on the morning
of April 1, 2010, on State Highway Route 163 in the City of San Diego
while providing emergency assistance to persons involved in two
vehicle accidents; and
   WHEREAS, in recognition of Mr. Bahena's ultimate sacrifice for the
residents of this state, it is appropriate to dedicate a portion of
State Highway Route 163 in his memory; now be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 163 between Washington Street and
State Highway Route 8 (Interstate 8) in the City of San Diego as the
Esteban Bahena Memorial Highway; and, be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the costs, to erect those signs; and, be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.