BILL ANALYSIS ACR 149 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 19, 2010 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair ACR 149 (Hall) - As Introduced: April 5, 2010 SUBJECT : State Route 405 SUMMARY : Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 405 as the Kevin Murray Highway. Specifically, this bill : 1)Recounts the life and career of Kevin Murray, a state legislator who served as chair of the both Assembly Transportation Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee. 2)Designates the segment of SR 405 between SR 10 and SR 90 as the Kevin Murray Highway. 3)Request 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 covering 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 COMMENTS : Kevin Murray was first elected to the California Legislature in 1994, to represent the 47th Assembly District. After serving two terms in the Assembly, he was elected to the State Senate, as a representative of the 26th Senate District. His final term expired on November 30, 2006. As an Assembly Member, Kevin Murray served in a number of prominent roles, including the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Transportation, Assistant Democratic Floor Leader, Majority Whip, a member of the powerful Assembly Committee on Rules, as well as a member of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Throughout his career, Kevin Murray has been a champion in the ACR 149 Page 2 areas of solar energy; consumer privacy; urban parks; economic development; women's, senior, and civil rights; health care access; and transportation. His Senate Bill 1, the landmark "Million Solar Roofs" bill, provided over $3 billion to expand the use of solar energy in California and he was instrumental in crafting Proposition 12 and Proposition 40, two measures approved by voters that provided $4.6 billion for state and local parks programs. Kevin Murray was one of the first legislators in the country to identify and address the need to protect consumers on the Internet. He led a forceful effort to stop Internet-related crime by crafting a number of first-in-the-nation laws to protect consumers from identity theft, e-mail spam, and Internet spyware. In the Senate, Kevin Murray served as Chair of the Committee on Appropriations, the Select Committee on the Entertainment Industry, and the Subcommittee on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. He also served as Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, the Senate Democratic Caucus, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, and the Senate Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments. Technical concern : The route segment specified by this bill already has a memorial dedication for Nathan Shapell, the former chair of the Little Hoover Commission. The author should work with Caltrans to identify a nearby segment that is available for naming. REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION : Support None received Opposition None received Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093