BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 28 (Strickland)
As Amended June 30, 2011
Majority vote.
SENATE VOTE :39-0
TRANSPORTATION 11-1 APPROPRIATIONS 10-1
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|Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Jeffries, Achadjian, | |Bradford, |
| |Blumenfield, Buchanan, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Eng, Galgiani, Logue, | |Gatto, Mitchell, Nielsen, |
| |Miller, Portantino, | |Solorio, Wagner |
| |Solorio | | |
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|Nays:|Norby |Nays:|Norby |
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SUMMARY : Designate a segment of State Route (SR) 1 in Lompoc as
the Federal Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial
Highway. Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of Scott Williams, a federal
correctional officer who lost his life in the line of duty.
2)Designates the northbound and southbound portion of SR 1
between the California Boulevard exit and the Santa Lucia
Canyon Road/Floradale Avenue exit in Lompoc as the Federal
Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway.
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 the
special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate
and maintain state highways. This includes the installation and
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maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill was withdrawn from the
Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
COMMENTS : Upon graduating from high school, Scott Williams
served in the United States Marine Corps, where he received
numerous awards for his outstanding service. Later as a
reservist, Officer Williams served in Operation Desert Storm and
received the "Marine of the Year" award. Following his military
career, Officer Williams returned home to Lompoc to serve his
country as a federal correctional officer at the Federal Bureau
of Prisons in Lompoc. Tragically, on April 3, 1997, Officer
Williams was violently murdered by an inmate. Thousands of
mourners, including the Attorney General of the United States,
attended his interment at Los Alamos Cemetery.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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