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           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE       BILL NO: scr 114
          SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN              AUTHOR:  gaines
                                                         VERSION: 4/21/14
          Analysis by:  Mark Stivers                     FISCAL:  yes
          Hearing date:  May 6, 2014



          SUBJECT:

          James E. Machado Memorial Intersection

          DESCRIPTION:

          This resolution designates the intersection of State Route 49  
          and Elm Avenue in the City of Auburn as the James E. Machado  
          Memorial Intersection.

          ANALYSIS:

          The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state  
          highways or structures.  Under the policy, the committee will  
          consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following  
          criteria:

           The person being honored must have provided extraordinary  
            public service or some exemplary contribution to the public  
            good and have a connection to the community where the highway  
            is located.
           The person being honored must be deceased.
           The naming must be done without cost to the state.  Costs for  
            signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
           The author or co-author of the measure must represent the  
            district in which the facility is located, and the measure  
            must identify the specific highway segment or structure being  
            named. 
           If the segment of highway is being named for a specific  
            individual or individuals, it must not exceed five miles in  
            length.
           The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus  
            and be without local opposition.
           The proposed designation may not supersede an existing  
            designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith  
            effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior  
            designation.





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           This resolution  designates the intersection of State Route 49  
          and Elm Avenue in the City of Auburn as the James E. Machado  
          Memorial Intersection.  The resolution further requests that the  
          Department of Transportation erect appropriate signs upon  
          receiving donations from non-state sources to cover the costs.  
          
          COMMENTS:

           1.Purpose of the resolution  .  By naming this intersection for  
            Deputy Sheriff Machado, this resolution seeks to memorialize  
            his sacrifice in the line of duty.  
           2.Deputy Sheriff Machado's contributions  .  James Machado served  
            four years as a deputy sheriff in the Placer County Sheriff's  
            Department.  On July 13, 1978, a person who had escaped from a  
            mental health facility struggled with Deputy Machado and  
            killed him with the deputy's own service weapon.  The  
            altercation occurred on the shoulder of the northbound lanes  
            of State Route 49 at Elm Avenue.  Deputy Sheriff Machado left  
            behind a wife and three young children.  

           3.Consistent with committee's policy  .  This resolution is  
            consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy  
            on highway designations.  

          POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the committee before noon on  
          Wednesday,                                             April 30,  
          2014.)

               SUPPORT:  None received.

               OPPOSED:  None received.