BILL NUMBER: SCR 97	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee,
Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson,
Fuller, Hancock, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio, Runner,
Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, and
Yee)

                        JUNE 4, 2012

   Relative to the Senator Dave Cox Memorial Interchange.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 97, Gaines. Senator Dave Cox Memorial Interchange.
   This measure would designate the interchange at Hazel Avenue and
State Highway Route 50 in the County of Sacramento as the Senator
Dave Cox Memorial Interchange. 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.



   WHEREAS, Dave Cox was first elected to the California State Senate
in November 2004, and was reelected in 2008; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox represented the residents of the First Senate
District, which includes all or portions of the Counties of Alpine,
Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Placer, Plumas, Modoc, Mono,
Nevada, Sacramento, and Sierra; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox served as Chair of the Senate Committee on
Local Government, Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, and as a member of the Senate Committee on Banking,
Finance and Insurance, the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and
Communications, the Senate Committee on Public Employment and
Retirement, and the Senate Committee on Health; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox was first elected to the California State
Assembly in November 1998, and the voters overwhelmingly reelected
him in 2000 and 2002; and
   WHEREAS, In March of 2001, the Members of the Assembly Republican
Caucus elected then Assembly Member Cox to serve as their Assembly
Republican Leader, a position he held until January of 2004; and
   WHEREAS, During his tenure as Assembly Republican Leader, Dave Cox
led efforts to successfully unite the Republican Caucus against
proposals to raise billions of dollars in new taxes while advocating
for a stronger economy and jobs climate. Dave Cox led the fight
against tripling of the car tax and helped trim waste from the state
budget, freeing up money needed to fund essential education, public
safety, and health care programs; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox served as a Member of Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger's Transition Team; and
   WHEREAS, In January of 2009, Senator Cox was awarded the Patti
Mattingly Distinguished Legislator Award by the Regional Council of
Rural Counties. Senator Cox was recognized as the California Building
Industry Association Outstanding Legislator of 2003, and as
Legislator of the Year by the American Electronics Association in
2002, the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California in
2001, and the California Business Properties Association in 2001; and

   WHEREAS, Senator Cox was awarded the President's Award by the
California State Association of Counties in 2001 in recognition of
his commitment to developing sound public policy and service to the
citizenry of California; and
   WHEREAS, In 2004, the Northern California Power Agency named
Senator Cox as its State Legislator of the Year. The California State
Sheriffs' Association recognized Senator Cox as one of their
Outstanding Senators in 2005, 2007, and 2008; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to his election to the State Assembly, Senator Cox
served for six years on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors;
and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox also served as a member of the Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Board of Directors, Senior Warden for St.
Francis Episcopal Church of Fair Oaks, and a member of the boards of
directors for the American Red Cross, the Sacramento Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce, Easter Seals, and KVIE-Channel 6, where he
served as Chairman in 1982; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox earned a Bachelors in Business Administration
at the University of San Diego in 1961, and a Master of Science in
Taxation Degree at Golden Gate University in 1983; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Cox was survived by his wife of 44 years, Maggie;
daughters Cathleen, Margo, and Sarah; six grandchildren; and his
beloved dog, Rudy; and
   WHEREAS, In honor of Senator Cox's service to his constituents,
the Senate of the State of California, and to all residents of the
state, it would be a fitting tribute to designate the interchange at
Hazel Avenue and State Highway Route 50 in the County of Sacramento
in the honor and memory of Senator Cox; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
interchange at Hazel Avenue and State Highway Route 50 in the County
of Sacramento as the Senator Dave Cox Memorial Interchange; 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.