PRINTER'S NO. 2907
No. 2218 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY SCRIMENTI, GEIST, CASORIO, CAPPABIANCA, BEBKO-
JONES, PIPPY, GIGLIOTTI, FAIRCHILD, WOJNAROSKI, CALTAGIRONE,
SCHULER, ROEBUCK, MANN, DALEY, WALKO, FICHTER, YUDICHAK,
SHANER, SAYLOR, READSHAW, ROBERTS, CORRIGAN, HALUSKA, GEORGE,
DeWEESE, TRELLO, TIGUE, BAKER, EVANS, PESCI, STABACK, VEON,
BUNT, GRUCELA, COY, HARHAI, PISTELLA, HENNESSEY, M. COHEN,
HESS, ROBINSON, TRAVAGLIO, HUTCHINSON, HERSHEY, YOUNGBLOOD,
BELARDI, SATHER, E. Z. TAYLOR, COSTA, LAUGHLIN, BELFANTI,
SEYFERT, FORCIER AND PLATTS, FEBRUARY 2, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 2, 2000
AN ACT
1 Designating Exit 10 in Harborcreek Township on Interstate 90 as
2 the Trooper Matthew R. Bond Memorial Interchange.
3 WHEREAS, Matthew R. Bond, an honored and decorated
4 Pennsylvania State Police trooper, was born August 8, 1971, in
5 Greensburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Meadville Area High
6 School and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal
7 Justice from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
8 WHEREAS, In September of 1995, Trooper Bond entered the
9 Pennsylvania State Police Academy and served with Troop B, in
10 Belle Vernon, from March of 1996 to September of 1998, and
11 thereafter with Troop E in Lawrence Park.
12 WHEREAS, Trooper Bond received the Medal of Honor, the
13 highest honor in the Pennsylvania State Police, in August 1999,
14 for rescuing a woman and her daughter from a 1998 house fire,
1 and served the Commonwealth with distinction until his death on
2 January 14, 2000, after being struck by a tractor-trailer in the
3 line of duty while assisting a stranded motorist.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Designation.
7 The interchange in Harborcreek Township known as Exit 10 on
8 Interstate 90 is hereby designated as the Trooper Matthew R.
9 Bond Memorial Interchange.
10 Section 2. Posting of signs.
11 The Department of Transportation shall erect appropriate
12 signs to indicate the designation made by this act.
13 Section 3. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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