Bill Text: CA SCR77 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Special Agent Richard "Rick" K. Oules Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 75, Statutes of 2014. [SCR77 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SCR77-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 77	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  75
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Gray)

                        JANUARY 28, 2014

   Relative to the Special Agent Richard "Rick" K. Oules Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 77, Cannella. Special Agent Richard "Rick" K. Oules Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 140 from Arboleda Drive to Plainsburg Road in the County of
Merced as the Special Agent Richard "Rick" K. Oules Memorial Highway.
The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs.




   WHEREAS, Special Agent Richard "Rick" K. Oules was born on January
10, 1956, in Merced, California; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules received his Bachelor of Arts Degree
in management from Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules began his law enforcement career in
1977, with the Merced County Sheriff's Department, where he served as
a Patrol Deputy, Narcotics Detective, and Patrol Sergeant; and
   WHEREAS, In 1987, he joined the Department of Justice as a Special
Agent and was assigned to the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, where
he worked on and supervised a clandestine lab enforcement team
resulting in the investigation and dismantling of approximately 300
methamphetamine laboratories; and
   WHEREAS, In 2005, he was appointed as the Director of the
Department of Justice's Division of Law Enforcement, where he oversaw
one of the largest state investigative law enforcement agencies in
the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules retired from the department in 2008
and, after a short break, joined the United States Attorney's Office
in Sacramento, as a Law Enforcement Coordinator, where he served
until his death; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules was recognized for his many
achievements by being awarded the California Coalition of Law
Enforcement Associations' Top Manager Award for Excellence in Law
Enforcement Leadership; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules was the past President of the
California Narcotic Officers' Association (CNOA), served on the CNOA
Executive Board of Directors and the Executive Board of Directors of
the California Peace Officers' Association, and was appointed to the
California Council on Criminal Justice; and
   WHEREAS, On April 4, 2011, Special Agent Oules died at 55 years of
age after a courageous battle with lung cancer, which was determined
to be a result of his frequent long-term exposure to the large
number of chemicals and solvents found in methamphetamine
laboratories; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules' death was ruled compensable by the
state; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules is survived by his wife Lisa,
daughter Crissy, father Roger, and mother Patsy; and
   WHEREAS, Special Agent Oules' service and sacrifice for the people
of the state are deserving of honor and tribute; 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 140 from Arboleda Drive to Plainsburg
Road in the County of Merced as the Special Agent Richard "Rick" K.
Oules 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 this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.