Bill Text: CA SCR57 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: The CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 123, Statutes of 2009. [SCR57 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SCR57-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 57	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  123
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        AUGUST 31, 2009

   Relative to the CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 57, Calderon. The CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 60 in Los Angeles County as the CHP Officer David M. Romero
Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer David M. Romero
was born on April 2, 1958, in West Covina, California; and
   WHEREAS, His parents were Gregory and Marina Romero, and his
siblings were Greg Romero, Lydia Huard, and Sylvia Romero; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Romero attended Los Altos High School in Hacienda
Heights, California, and graduated in June 1976, after which he
attended Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to working for the CHP, Officer Romero worked in
the service department for a Chevrolet dealer in the City of La
Puente; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Romero was selected for the cadet position and
entered the CHP Academy on January 11, 1982. Upon graduation from the
CHP Academy on May 27, 1982, Officer Romero, badge number 10116, was
assigned to the Santa Fe Springs area office as a motorcycle
officer; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Romero also served in the Riverside area office
before transferring back to the Santa Fe Springs Area, serving the
State of California as a CHP Officer for 23 years and 4 months; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Romero was married to Sandra Leanos in 1993 and
had five wonderful children: Austin, Windsor, Victor, Vanessa, and
David Dion; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Romero was killed in the line of duty on
September 23, 2005. While, stopped at a red light on his departmental
motorcycle in the City of Industry, he was rear-ended by a vehicle
traveling at a high rate of speed, driven by an intoxicated driver;
and
   WHEREAS, Officer Romero was a dedicated officer who loved his job
and enjoyed the people he worked with. He was a wonderful father and
husband and his greatest joys in life were his wife and children. In
his spare time, Officer Romero enjoyed playing elaborate pranks on
coworkers and taking his family on annual adventures in Mexico; and
   WHEREAS, Many admired Officer Romero for the love he showed for
his family and the pride he demonstrated in being a CHP Officer; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of Officer Romero's ultimate sacrifice for
the residents of this state, it is appropriate to dedicate a portion
of State Highway Route 60 in Los Angeles County in his memory; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 60 eastbound from State Highway Route
605 (Mile Post Marker 11.71) to Hacienda Boulevard (Mile Post Marker
15.93) and westbound from Hacienda Boulevard (Mile Post Marker 15.96)
to State Highway Route 605 (Mile Post Marker 11.59) in the County of
Los Angeles as the CHP Officer David M. Romero Memorial Highway; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
these special designations and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering the 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 the author for
appropriate distribution.