BILL NUMBER: ACR 165	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Block   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Atkins,   Garrick,   Hueso,   and
Jones   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Anderson,   Kehoe,   Vargas,   and Wyland
  ) 

                        AUGUST 6, 2012

   Relative to  the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge. 
 transportation facility designations. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 165, as amended, Fletcher. Chelsea King Memorial Bridge 
and the Amber Dubois Memorial Highway  .
   This measure would  (1)  designate a specified bridge on
State Highway Route 15 in San Diego County as the Chelsea King
Memorial Bridge  , and (2) designate a specified portion of State
Highway Route 78 as the Amber Dubois Memorial Highway  . The
measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine
the cost of appropriate signs showing  this  
these  special  designation   designations
 and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering
that cost, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Chelsea King, a 17-year-old Poway High School student,
disappeared after going for a run in Rancho Bernardo Park in San
Diego County on February 25, 2010; and
   WHEREAS, After a search by law enforcement and thousands of
citizen search volunteers, Chelsea King's body was found near Lake
 Hodges, and it   Hodges. It  was
determined  that, tragically,  her life had been 
tragically  taken by a violent sex offender; and 
   WHEREAS, Amber Dubois, a 14-year-old Escondido High School
student, disappeared on her way to school the morning of February 13,
2009; and  
   WHEREAS, After an intensive search by law enforcement, friends,
and family across Southern California, Amber Dubois' body was found
near Pala. It was determined that, tragically, her life had been
taken by a violent sex offender; and 
   WHEREAS, A man who was convicted of violently molesting a
13-year-old in 2000, but was freed after only five years in prison,
has pled guilty to  the crime;   both crimes;
 and
   WHEREAS, Chelsea King will always be remembered by her community
for her compassionate heart and positive spirit, whether for helping
plan a prom for developmentally disabled youth, packing relief boxes
for those in need in Africa, or serving as a peer counselor at her
school; and
   WHEREAS, Chelsea King was an avid cross country runner, a gifted
student, and a loving daughter and sister, whose life was untimely
and tragically ended; and 
   WHEREAS, Amber Dubois will always be remembered by her community
for her kind and compassionate heart and strong love of animals,
especially wolves, whether for her desire to raise a lamb or her
active involvement in Future Farmers of America; and  
   WHEREAS, Amber Dubois was a stellar student with straight As and
perfect attendance, a voracious reader, and a loving daughter and
sister, whose life was untimely and tragically ended; and 
   WHEREAS, It is therefore appropriate to designate the State
Highway Route 15 (Interstate 15) bridge over Lake Hodges in  the
County of  San Diego  County  in the memory of
Chelsea King  , and to designate the portion of State Highway
Route 78 between Old Milky Way and West Zoo Road, alongside the San
Diego Zoo Safari Park, in the County of San Diego in the memory of
Amber Dubois  ; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the State Highway Route 15 (Interstate 15)
bridge over Lake Hodges in  the County of  San Diego
 County  is hereby designated as the Chelsea King
Memorial Bridge; and be it further 
   Resolved, That the portion of State Highway Route 78 between Old
Milky Way and West Zoo Road, in the County of San Diego, is hereby
designated as the Amber Dubois Memorial Highway; and be it further


   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is hereby
requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with
the signing requirements for the state highway system showing
 this   each of these  special 
designation   designations  and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to
erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.