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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 119
Author: Fuller (R)
Amended: 6/3/14
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 6/10/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso, Lara, Liu,
Pavley, Roth, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Beall
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : California Highway Patrol Officer Gerald N. Harris
Memorial
Interchange
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution names the interchange of State Route
(SR) 99 and eastbound SR 58 in Bakersfield as the California
Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Gerald N. Harris Memorial
Interchange.
ANALYSIS : Born in Bakersfield in 1938, Gerald Harris
graduated from North High School there and then enlisted in the
U.S. Marine Corps. Upon his honorable discharge from the Marine
Corps in 1965, he enrolled in the CHP Academy. Officer Harris
served all but one year of his CHP career in Bakersfield, and it
was there in February 1974, while directing traffic at an
intersection in his home city, that a vehicle hit him. He
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survived the accident with what seemed like non-life-threatening
injuries, but ultimately died of an embolism after flying to San
Francisco for further treatment. Survived by his wife, Sherril,
and his daughter Holly, who was then age eight, Gerald N. Harris
died on February 27, 1974.
This resolution designates the interchange of SR 99 and
eastbound SR 58 in the County of Kern as the CHP Officer Gerald
N. Harris Memorial Interchange. The resolution further requests
that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate signs
upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover the
costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
JA:d 6/25/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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