PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1017 PRINTER'S NO. 1705
No. 909 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, MARCH 13, 1997
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 5, 1997
AN ACT
1 Designating a section of U.S. Route 15 in Union County,
2 Pennsylvania, as the Donald L. Heiter Memorial Highway; AND <--
3 DESIGNATING A SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EXPRESSWAY IN ERIE
4 COUNTY AS THE FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. DONALD L. HEITER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. <--
8 (A) HIGHWAY DESIGNATION.--That section of U.S. Route 15 in
9 Union County, beginning at the Lewisburg Borough and East
10 Buffalo Township line near Limestone Run, and proceeding north
11 to the Lewisburg Borough and Kelly Township line near Buffalo
12 Creek, is hereby designated and shall be known as the Donald L.
13 Heiter Memorial Highway.
14 Section 2. (B) MARKERS.--The Department of Transportation <--
15 shall erect and maintain road signs, which shall display the
16 name of Donald L. Heiter Memorial Highway, at the beginning and
17 the end of the section of the highway designated in section 1.
18 SECTION 2. FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. <--
1 (A) HIGHWAY DESIGNATION.--THE EIGHT-MILE SEGMENT OF ROUTE 17
2 IN ERIE COUNTY, FROM GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP TO THE NEW YORK STATE
3 LINE, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FOREST W.
4 HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
5 (B) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.--FOREST W. HOPKINS WAS A
6 COMMITTED COMMUNITY SERVANT, WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A
7 STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM
8 1967 TO 1978. MR. HOPKINS DIED IN OFFICE IN 1978.
9 (C) MARKERS.--WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION
10 OF THE HIGHWAY SEGMENT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A), THE
11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS
12 DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION "FOREST W. HOPKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY,"
13 AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE HIGHWAY SEGMENT.
14 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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