Bill Text: CA SCR102 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 120, Statutes of 2012. [SCR102 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCR102-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 102	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  120
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 8, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        JULY 2, 2012

   Relative to the Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 102, Yee. Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 1, as the Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway. This
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 those costs, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, California Parks and Recreation Service Ranger Patricia
M. Scully was born April 8, 1951, in Sacramento, California, to
Patrick and Eileen Scully. She was raised on a poultry ranch owned by
the Scully family in Rio Linda, California; and
   WHEREAS, Ranger Scully graduated from Rio Linda High School in
June of 1969. She attended American River College for two years where
she played on the field hockey team with her sister Mary, and then
transferred to California State University, Sacramento, where she
received her bachelor of arts degree in social science and
anthropology (archaeology) in January 1974. She was an outstanding
student and received scholarships and awards of merit for her
academic achievements; and
   WHEREAS, At the time of her untimely death, Ranger Scully was
working on a master of science degree in anthropology and
environmental resources at California State University, Sacramento,
and had completed all coursework and lacked only a thesis; and
   WHEREAS, Ranger Scully joined the California Parks and Recreation
Service in 1974, now named the Department of Parks and Recreation. In
late 1974, she graduated from the Parks and Recreation Academy (the
Mott Training Center in Asilomar) after six weeks of training. She
was one of two women among the 38 cadets in academy class 18. Her
first assignment after graduation was to the Big Basin State Park
where she received additional (interpretative) training; and
   WHEREAS, Ranger Scully's last assignment was as a State Park
Ranger 1 at the Pescadero State Park in Half Moon Bay on the San
Mateo coast. When not working, she worked on a historical survey of
Ano Nuevo State Beach. She was dedicated to the preservation of the
environment and the education of the park visitor. She was a
nine-year veteran of the Department of Parks and Recreation at the
time of her death; and
   WHEREAS, While on patrol at San Mateo Coast State Beaches, Half
Moon Bay, Ranger Scully was killed by a drunk driver on May 6, 1976.
She became the second female law enforcement officer to be killed in
California; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize Ranger Scully's years of
dedicated service to the Department of Parks and Recreation and to
raise awareness about the service risks present to all peace
officers, including rangers with the Department of Parks and
Recreation; and
   WHEREAS, Besides her parents, Patrick and Eileen Scully, Ranger
Scully, was survived by four sisters, Kathleen Pooler, West
Sacramento; Mary and Teresa Scully, Rio Linda; and Margaret Scully,
Berkeley; one brother, Thomas Scully, Santa Cruz; and her fiancée,
Park Ranger Leslie Cowie of Stockton; 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 1 between State Highway Route 84 (San
Gregorio Road) at postmile 18.189 and Verde Road/Lobitos Creek Road
at postmile 22.662, as the Ranger Patricia M. Scully 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 Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.