BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 21 (DeSaulnier)
As Amended June 16, 2011
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :40-0
TRANSPORTATION 11-1 APPROPRIATIONS 15-1
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|Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, | |
| |Jeffries, Achadjian, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, | |
| |Blumenfield, Bonilla, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, | |
| |Buchanan, Eng, Galgiani, | |Donnelly, Gatto, Hall, | |
| |Logue, Miller, Portantino | |Hill, Lara, Mitchell, | |
| | | |Nielsen, Solorio, Wagner | |
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|Nays:|Norby |Nays:|Norby | |
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SUMMARY : Designates an overcrossing on State Highway Route (SR) 4 as
the Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of Paul Starzyk, a Martinez City
police sergeant who lost his life in the line of duty.
2)Designates the Pine Street overcrossing that crosses over SR 4 in
the City of Martinez as the Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk
Memorial Overcrossing.
3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 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
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating and
maintaining state highways. This includes the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee,
minor costs to Caltrans to make and erect appropriate signs; these
costs are covered by donations. (State Highway Account.)
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COMMENTS : Paul Starzyk first had a career in the banking industry
before pursuing a career in law enforcement. He became a reserve
officer in the Martinez Police Department in 1992 and two years later
took a full-time position there. He was a member of the SWAT team,
became a SWAT team instructor, and in December 2007, achieved the
rank of sergeant. He was well known, liked, and respected in the
City of Martinez, where he interacted daily with its citizens.
Sergeant Starzyk died in the line of duty on September 6, 2008, when
he responded to a "shots fired" call at a Martinez hair salon.
Officers responded to the call and exchanged shots with the salon
owner's estranged husband who had come to the salon in search of his
wife. Sergeant Starzyk was among the first officers to arrive on the
scene. He was shot in the exchange with the gunman and died from the
wounds he suffered. He is survived by his wife, Shannon, and their
three children.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN:
0001509