BILL NUMBER: SCR 21	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        MARCH 9, 2011

   Relative to the Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial
Overcrossing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 21, as introduced, DeSaulnier.  Martinez Police Sergeant Paul
Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing.
   This measure would designate the Pine Street overcrossing that
crosses State Highway Route 4 in the City of Martinez as the Martinez
Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing. This measure
would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the
cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk was born in
Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in DeKalb, Illinois; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Starzyk graduated from Northern Illinois University
with a bachelor of science degree in computer science, and then moved
to California to accept a position with the Bank of America
Corporation; and
   WHEREAS, After excelling in the banking industry, Paul Starzyk
realized his true calling was in helping others through a career in
law enforcement; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Starzyk started his law enforcement career as a
reserve police officer at the Martinez Police Department in 1992; and

   WHEREAS, In 1994, Paul Starzyk became a full-time police officer,
serving the citizens of Martinez on a daily basis; and
   WHEREAS, He was a member of the SWAT team, later became a range
master, and ultimately a SWAT team instructor, and he also developed
the active shooter training for the Martinez Police Department; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Starzyk was promoted to police sergeant in December
2007; and
   WHEREAS, Sergeant Starzyk was killed in the line of duty on
September 6, 2008, protecting those that he was sworn to serve; and
   WHEREAS, He is survived by his loving wife Shannon and their
children, Vincent, Jacob, and Jessica, and by his parents, Marvin and
Ann Starzyk of Rockway, Illinois, and his sisters, Elizabeth,
Kathryn, and Julia; and
   WHEREAS, In the event of his death, Sergeant Starzyk asked that
this statement be read at his funeral: "Here is a man that got all he
ever wanted. Great career, good friends, the best wife, and a great
life. He left this world with no regrets. No matter where he ended
up, he is sure he will see some of his coworkers there"; and
   WHEREAS, Sergeant Starzyk loved with all his heart, was a happy,
humorous man, and a true hero; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the Pine
Street overcrossing that crosses over State Highway Route 4 in the
City of Martinez as the Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk
Memorial Overcrossing; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, 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.