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           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE       BILL NO: ACR 66
          SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN              AUTHOR:  V.M. Pérez
                                                         VERSION: 6/3/11
          Analysis by:  Mark Stivers                     FISCAL:  yes
          Hearing date:  August 23, 2011



          SUBJECT:

          Deputy Probation Officer Irene B. Rios Memorial Highway

          DESCRIPTION:

          This resolution names a portion of State Highway Route (SR) 8 in 
          Imperial County as the Deputy Probation Officer Irene B. Rios 
          Memorial Highway.

          ANALYSIS:

          The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state 
          highways or structures.  Under the policy, the committee will 
          consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following 
          criteria:

           The person being honored must have provided extraordinary 
            public service or some exemplary contribution to the public 
            good and have a connection to the community where the highway 
            is located;
           The person being honored must be deceased;
           The naming must be done without cost to the state.  Costs for 
            signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources;
           The author or co-author of the measure must represent the 
            district in which the facility is located, and the measure 
            must identify the specific highway segment or structure being 
            named; 
           If the segment of highway is being named for a specific 
            individual or individuals, it must not exceed five miles in 
            length;
           The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus 
            and be without local opposition; and
           The proposed designation may not supersede an existing 
            designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith 
            effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior 
            designation.





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           This resolution designates the westbound portion of SR 8 between 
          mileposts 4.60 and 6.60 in Imperial County as the Deputy 
          Probation Officer Irene B. Rios Memorial Highway.  The 
          resolution further requests the Department of Transportation 
          (Caltrans) to erect appropriate signs only upon receiving 
          donations from non-state sources sufficient to cover the cost.
          
          COMMENTS:

           1.Purpose of the resolution  .  The author has introduced this 
            resolution to honor the memory of Irene B. Rios, who gave her 
            life in the line of duty as a probation officer.
           2.Irene Rios  .  Born in Brawley, Irene Rios grew up in Holtville. 
             After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal 
            justice administration from San Diego State University, 
            Imperial Valley Campus, Ms. Rios began working for the Betty 
            Jo McNeece Receiving Home in 2002.  In 2005, she became a 
            Deputy Probation Officer for the Juvenile Division of Imperial 
            County.  On August 13, 2008, while traveling in a department 
            vehicle on I-8 to a placement visit in Sacramento, Ms. Rios 
            was involved in an accident, and her vehicle overturned.  
            Deputy Rios died from the injuries she sustained in the 
            accident.

           3.Consistent with committee policy  .  This resolution is 
            consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy 
            on highway designations.  
          
          Assembly Votes:
               Floor:    73-1
               Appr: 15-1
               Trans:    11-1

          POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the Committee before noon on 
          Wednesday,                                             August 
          17, 2011)

               SUPPORT:  County of Imperial Probation Department
                         The Honorable Donal B. Donnelly, Imperial County 
                           Superior Court Judge 
                         The Honorable Michael Kelley, Imperial County 
                           Supervisor

          
               OPPOSED:  None received.





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