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          Date of Hearing:   June 16, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                  SCR 114 (Gaines) - As Introduced:  April 21, 2014

           SENATE VOTE  :  32-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  James E. Machado Memorial Intersection 

           SUMMARY  :  Designates the intersection of State Route (SR) 49 and  
          Elm Avenue in the City of Auburn as the "James E. Machado  
          Memorial Intersection."  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Recounts the lifetime accomplishments James E. Machado, a  
            father, husband, and Deputy Sheriff with the Placer County  
            Sheriff's Department.  

          2)Designates the intersection of SR 49 and Elm Avenue in the  
            City of Auburn as the James E. Machado Memorial Intersection.   


          3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation  
            (Caltrans) 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 non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those  
            signs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Costs to make and erect the appropriate signs  
          are covered by donations.  

           COMMENTS  :  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  
          Machado left behind a wife and three young children.  This bill  
          designating the intersection of SR 49 and Elm Avenue in honor of  
          James E. Machado acknowledges the significant role Deputy  








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          Machado played in his community.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file 
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file 

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093