California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 121

Introduced by Assembly Member Dahle

March 13, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 121—Relative to the CHP Officer Troy Lee Clark Memorial Bridge.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 121, as introduced, Dahle. CHP Officer Troy Lee Clark Memorial Bridge.

This measure would designate the Spanish Creek Bridge in the County of Plumas as the CHP Officer Troy Lee Clark Memorial Bridge. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources to cover that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, CHP Officer Troy Lee Clark was born on April
25, 1940 in Joshua Tree, California; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark graduated from Downey High School
in 1958; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark married his high school sweetheart,
Sharon Rita Johnsen, on July 6, 1958, and was just short of 54
years of marriage at the time of his passing; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark had six children, 17 grandchildren,
and 9 great grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark moved to the City of San Diego
around 1960 and worked for the San Diego Police Department
from 1960 to 1963, inclusive; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark entered the Department of California
Highway Patrol Academy in 1963 and went to work for the
department based in San Diego; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark was transferred to Quincy, California,
in 1976 and retired from the department in 1979; and

WHEREAS, Upon retirement, Officer Clark began a second
career as an electrical contractor and was active in the trade until
his passing on July 1, 2012, in Quincy; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark was also a member of the Quincy
Volunteer Fire Department for over 30 years from 1977 until 2008
or 2009, attaining the rank of assistant chief; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark volunteered countless hours over the
years in Quincy for the Plumas County Fair as its electrician; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark continued his volunteer work even
after retiring and selling his contracting business; and

WHEREAS, Officer Clark also volunteered as timekeeper for
his grandson’s basketball team at Quincy High School; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of Officer Clark’s contributions in
serving the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the
citizens of California, it would be fitting to designate the Spanish
Creek Bridge in the County of Plumas in his honor; now, therefore,
be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designate the
Spanish Creek Bridge on State Route 70, in the County of Plumas
near Keddie, Bridge No. 09-0015, as the CHP Officer Troy Lee
Clark Memorial Bridge; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs, consistent with
the signage requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.