PRINTER'S NO. 660
No. 587 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, E. Z. TAYLOR, GANNON, MICOZZIE, CIVERA,
FLICK, HERSHEY, RAYMOND, ADOLPH, HENNESSEY, RUBLEY, SCHRODER,
ROSS, KILLION, KIRKLAND, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, CORRIGAN,
CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeWEESE, J. EVANS, FICHTER, FORCIER,
FREEMAN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HARRIS, HESS,
MAJOR, MANN, McILHATTAN, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PICKETT, ROBERTS,
ROHRER, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SHANER, B. SMITH, THOMAS, TIGUE,
WALKO, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG,
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Designating a section of State Route 322 in Delaware County as
2 the Senator Clarence D. Bell Memorial Highway.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Senator Clarence D. Bell Memorial Highway.
6 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly hereby finds and
7 declares as follows:
8 (1) Senator Clarence D. Bell (1914-2002) was the longest
9 serving member in the history of the Pennsylvania General
10 Assembly.
11 (2) Along with his many years of service to this
12 Commonwealth, Senator Bell was also an aspiring attorney and
13 served in the United States military during World War II
14 where he received the United States Army Legion of Merit and
1 the Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Medal.
2 (3) Senator Bell will be remembered for his devoted 47
3 years of service to the residents of Delaware and Chester
4 counties, serving as both a State representative and a State
5 senator.
6 (4) The distinguished achievements and contributions of
7 Senator Clarence D. Bell reflect the spirit of not only a
8 distinguished servant to our Commonwealth and the United
9 States military, but also a great Pennsylvanian.
10 (b) Designation authorized.--The highway in Delaware County
11 carrying State Route 322 from the interchange at I-95 to the
12 intersection of Route 1 at State Route 322 in Concord Township
13 is hereby designated and shall hereafter be known as the Senator
14 Clarence D. Bell Memorial Highway, in honor of Senator Clarence
15 D. Bell's dedicated years of service to the General Assembly and
16 to this Commonwealth.
17 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect
18 appropriate signs at each end of the highway displaying the
19 designation made by this section.
20 Section 2. Effective date.
21 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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