BILL NUMBER: ACR 119	AMENDED	06/22/94
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 22, 1994
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 9, 1994

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Hannigan
   {+ (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Areias) +}

                        APRIL 11, 1994

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 119 Relative to the
Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway {+ and the John McVeigh, Jr.
Memorial Highway +} .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 119, as amended, Hannigan.  Blecher-Freeman Memorial
Causeway {+ and John McVeigh, Jr. Memorial Highway +} .
   This measure would designate the Yolo Causeway on Interstate
Highway Route 80 in the County of Yolo the Blecher-Freeman
Memorial Causeway {+ and the portion of State Highway Route 198
from the junction with State Highway Route 101 to the County of
Fresno the John McVeigh, Jr. Memorial Highway +} .
   The measure would also direct the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and
markers showing the special designation, clearly displaying the
Star of the California Highway Patrol, and identifying
California Highway Patrol {- officers -} {+ Officers +} Roy P.
Blecher {- and -} {+ , +} William M.  Freeman, and {+ John
McVeigh Jr., and+} , upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect appropriate
plaques and markers.
   Fiscal committee:  yes.




   WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol Officers Roy P. Blecher
and William M.  Freeman, both veteran officers, were shot to
death during an enforcement stop on Interstate Highway Route 80
near the Yolo Causeway in the early morning hours of December
22, 1978; and
   WHEREAS, The circumstances of their death, at the hands of an
armed felon, served to later enhance the curriculum of officer
safety training for cadets at the nearby California Highway
Patrol Academy in the City of West Sacramento; and {+
   WHEREAS, State Traffic Officer John McVeigh, Jr. served the
people of the State of California as a loyal and dedicated
member of the California Highway Patrol; and
   WHEREAS, On April 17, 1993, this gallant officer was killed
in the line of duty while responding to an injury accident on
State Highway Route 198 in the area of King City, in the County
of Monterey; and
   WHEREAS, Officer McVeigh spent the last 13 years of his life
providing for the safety and assistance of motorists using the
streets and highways of this state; and
   WHEREAS, Officer McVeigh did, throughout his career, conduct
himself in such a manner as to prove a credit to his community,
his family, and his profession; and +}
   WHEREAS, This tribute serves as a solemn reminder of the
inherent dangers faced by the men and women of law enforcement
on a daily basis; and
   WHEREAS, This resolution is in recognition of these {- two -}
officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to
the people of the State of California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the
Senate thereof concurring, That the Yolo Causeway on Interstate
Highway Route 80 in the County of Yolo is hereby officially
designated the Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway; and be it
further
   RESOLVED, {+ That the portion of State Highway Route 198 from
the junction with State Highway Route 101 to the County of
Fresno be officially designated the John McVeigh, Jr. Memorial
Highway; and be it further +}
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is directed
to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing the special designation, clearly displaying the
Star of the California Highway Patrol, and identifying
California Highway Patrol Officers Roy P. Blecher {- and -} {+ ,
+} William M.  Freeman, and {+ John McVeigh, Jr., and +} , upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover
that cost, to erect those plaques and markers; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit a
copy of this resolution to the Director of Transportation.