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          Date of Hearing:   May 2, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                    ACR 31 (Olsen) - As Introduced:  March 2, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Route 219

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 219 as the 
          CHP Officer Earl Scott Memorial Highway.  Specifically,  this 
          bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Earl Scott, an officer with 
            the California Highway Patrol (CHP), who tragically lost his 
            life in the line of duty.  


          2)Designates the segment of SR 219 between SR 99 (Milepost 
            Marker: 219 STA 0.116) and SR108 (Milepost Marker: 219 STA 
            4.858) in Stanislaus County as the CHP Officer Earl Scott 
            Memorial Highway.  


          3)Rescinds the designation made by SCR 120 (Resolution Chapter 
            130, Statutes of 2010), that designated a segment of SR 99 in 
            Officer Scott's memory.  


          4)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to 
            determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the 
            signing requirements for the state highway system, showing the 
            special designation and, upon receiving donations from 
            nonstate sources covering that 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  :  On February 17, 2006, CHP Officer Earl Scott was 
          tragically shot and killed while making a traffic stop on SR 99 
          in Stanislaus County.  Officer Scott was 36 years old and had 
          served with the CHP for five years, coming from a long line of 








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          family members who were also devoted to public service.  Officer 
          Scott is remembered as being the first to volunteer for such 
          causes as shaving his head for "Shave the Brave," a fundraiser 
          for cancer victims, and for taking youth Law Enforcement 
          Explorers on ride-alongs.  

           In 2010, the Legislature designated a segment of SR 99 in honor 
          of Officer Scott.  This bill would rescind that designation and 
          replace it with one on a segment of SR 219 that passes in front 
          of the local CHP office.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Association of Highway Patrolmen (sponsor)

           Opposition 
           
          None received
           

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