BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 14, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
SCR 97 (Gaines) - As Amended: June 14, 2012
SENATE VOTE : 36-0
SUBJECT : State Route 50
SUMMARY : Designates the Hazel Avenue interchange on SR 50 as
the Senator Dave Cox Interchange. Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of Dave Cox, who passed away
while serving his second term in the California State Senate.
2)Designates the interchange at Hazel Avenue and SR 50 as the
Senator Dave Cox Interchange.
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 to operate
and maintain state highways. This includes the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill was withdrawn from the
Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
COMMENTS : Senator Dave Cox was born in Oklahoma in 1938. Dave
Cox came to California and attended the University of San Diego.
He maintained a life insurance business while also being active
in community and church activities. He served in local elected
office both on the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Board
and on the Sacramento County of Board of Supervisors. In 1998,
he won election to the State Assembly, where he served for six
years, including a stint as the Assembly Republican Leader. In
2004, Cox won election to the California State Senate, where he
represented the first district until his death in 2010.
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In 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. He 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. 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.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Regional Council of Rural Counties
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093