BILL ANALYSIS �
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
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As Amended June 7, 2011
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-1 |(May 19, 2011) |SENATE: |33-0 |(July 1, 2011) |
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Original Committee Reference: TRANS.
SUMMARY : Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 405 as the
California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz
Memorial Highway.
The Senate amendments relocate the designated portion of SR 405
to the portion between Venice Boulevard and National Boulevard
in the City of Los Angeles.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) the responsibility of operating and
maintaining state highways. This includes the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill:
1)Recounted the life and career of Philip Dennis Ortiz, an
officer with the CHP who lost his life in the line of duty.
2)Designated the segment of SR 405 south of National Boulevard
and north of Palms Overcrossing as the CHP Officer Philip
Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway.
3)Requested Caltrans to determine the cost 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 cost, to erect those signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, there will be minor costs to Caltrans to make and
erect appropriate signs; these costs are covered by donations.
COMMENTS : Philip Dennis Ortiz worked for a local supermarket
after high school but always dreamed of becoming a CHP Officer.
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In 1982, CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz graduated from the CHP
Academy and was assigned to the central Los Angeles area office.
After more than seven years of service in the central Los
Angeles area, Officer Ortiz was transferred to the west Los
Angeles area, where he spent the remainder of his career.
Officer Ortiz performed several duties over the course of his
career, some of which included a motorcycle officer, a
motorcycle officer in charge of training the officers who
successfully passed motor school, a weapons/range officer, a
physical methods of arrest (PMA) instructor, and protective
services detail (PSD).
On June 22, 2010, CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz pulled a
vehicle over for a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane violation.
While approaching the vehicle, another car was driving along the
shoulder and struck Officer Ortiz and his motorcycle. Officer
Ortiz was transported to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
where he remained until his passing almost two weeks later. He
is admired for his professionalism, dedication, honesty,
loyalty, respect, courage, and "espirit de corps." He
consistently represented the best of the CHP and was an
outstanding role model.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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