Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 29
CHAPTER 90
Relative to Daniel J. Muehlhausen Memorial Highway.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
July 08, 2003.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 29, Benoit.
Daniel J. Muehlhausen Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 62 as the “CHP Officer Daniel J. Muehlhausen Memorial Highway.” The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing that special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, The calling to be a peace officer is one of the highest vocations of public service, and any individual who accepts this calling is worthy of the highest respect and honor the community, state, and nation can provide; and
WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol Officer Daniel J. Muehlhausen, badge number 13933, was killed in the line of duty on June 1, 1997. Daniel J. Muehlhausen was struck by an errant driver while en route to assist a disabled motorist on eastbound State Highway Route 62 east of State Highway Route 177; and
WHEREAS, Daniel J. Muehlhausen succumbed to his injuries as a result of this collision; and
WHEREAS, Daniel J. Muehlhausen was survived at the time of the accident by his father, Ernest, his mother Elaine, his brother David, and many beloved family members and friends; and
WHEREAS, Daniel J. Muehlhausen was born on August 8, 1966, in Hemet, California. He lived in Riverside, California where he attended and graduated from Notre Dame High School; and
WHEREAS, Prior to beginning his career with the California Highway Patrol, Daniel J. Muehlhausen graduated from the University of California, Riverside, with a degree in Philosophy; and
WHEREAS, Daniel J. Muehlhausen joined the California Highway Patrol on October 17, 1994. After successfully completing his academy training on April 20, 1995, he reported to the Indio area; and
WHEREAS, Daniel J. Muehlhausen made significant contributions to traffic safety and to the motoring public while assigned to the Indio office of the California Highway Patrol; and
WHEREAS, Daniel J. Muehlhausen served two years as a sworn peace officer for the California Highway Patrol and was known by his fellow officers for his dedication to the department and to the protection of the citizens of this state; and
WHEREAS, It would be a fitting tribute to the memory of Officer Daniel J. Muehlhausen to name a 10-mile segment of State Highway Route 62, near its intersection with State Highway Route 177, in Riverside County, as the “CHP Officer Daniel J. Muehlhausen Memorial Highway”; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby officially designates that portion of State Highway Route 62, from 5.4 miles west to 4.6 miles east of the intersection with State Highway Route 177, in Riverside County, the “CHP Officer Daniel J. Muehlhausen Memorial Highway”; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing this special designation, 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 copies of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author of this resolution for appropriate distribution.