Bill Text: CA SCR12 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Steve Faris Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-14 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 72, Statutes of 2009. [SCR12 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SCR12-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 12	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dutton

                        JANUARY 28, 2009

   Relative to the Steve Faris Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 12, as introduced, Dutton. Steve Faris Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate State Highway Route 330 in the County
of San Bernardino as the Steve Faris Memorial Highway. The measure
would also request that the Department of Transportation determine
the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and,
upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost,
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Battalion Chief Steve Faris drove thousands of miles up and down
State Highway Route 330 with the purpose of promoting safety for
mountain top communities; and
   WHEREAS, In 1998, Chief Faris helped establish in the Inland
Empire the Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council, which was the first of
more than 14 councils that are now active in the Counties of San
Bernardino and Riverside; and
   WHEREAS, Chief Faris dedicated thousands of hours in spreading the
fire-safe concept throughout the Counties of San Bernardino and
Riverside; and
   WHEREAS, In 2002, Chief Faris was instrumental in the
establishment of the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST), which
brought local, state, and federal agencies together to address the
critical fire situation presented by the bark beetle-drought tree
mortality issues; and
   WHEREAS, The consolidated efforts of MAST and the fire safe
councils contributed significantly to the safe evacuation of more
than 60,000 people during the Old Fire of 2003; and
   WHEREAS, There are not enough words to describe Chief Faris'
impact on the lives of the people in the San Bernardino mountain
communities; and
   WHEREAS, Chief Faris was a friendly, giving, and passionate person
who included everyone and found a way to work with anyone interested
in his efforts to help save lives and establish defensible space for
properties in the mountains; and
   WHEREAS, Chief Faris died in an automobile accident in September,
2006, but will always live in the hearts of the people in the
communities he served; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby recognizes the contributions made by California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Steve Faris to the
people of the State of California and hereby designates State Highway
Route 330 in the County of San Bernardino as the Steve Faris
Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing that special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.