BILL NUMBER: ACR 165INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fletcher AUGUST 6, 2012 Relative to the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 165, as introduced, Fletcher. Chelsea King Memorial Bridge. This measure would designate a specified bridge on State Highway Route 15 in San Diego County as the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge. The measure would 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. Fiscal committee: yes. WHEREAS, Chelsea King, a 17-year-old Poway High School student, disappeared after going for a run in Rancho Bernardo Park in San Diego County on February 25, 2010; and WHEREAS, After a search by law enforcement and thousands of citizen search volunteers, Chelsea King's body was found near Lake Hodges, and it was determined her life had been tragically taken by a violent sex offender; and WHEREAS, A man who was convicted of violently molesting a 13-year-old in 2000, but was freed after only five years in prison, has pled guilty to the crime; and WHEREAS, Chelsea King will always be remembered by her community for her compassionate heart and positive spirit, whether for helping plan a prom for developmentally disabled youth, packing relief boxes for those in need in Africa, or serving as a peer counselor at her school; and WHEREAS, Chelsea King was an avid cross country runner, a gifted student, and a loving daughter and sister, whose life was untimely and tragically ended; and WHEREAS, It is therefore appropriate to designate the State Highway Route 15 (Interstate 15) bridge over Lake Hodges in San Diego County in the memory of Chelsea King; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the State Highway Route 15 (Interstate 15) bridge over Lake Hodges in San Diego County is hereby designated as the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge; and be it further Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is hereby 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 that cost, to erect those signs; 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 for appropriate distribution.