PRINTER'S NO. 4309
No. 2848 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, BISHOP, WATERS, LEDERER, McCALL, SURRA,
SOLOBAY, JAMES, WALKO, BUXTON, STEELMAN, HARHAI, CORRIGAN,
G. WRIGHT, ROBINSON, COLAFELLA, DeWEESE, READSHAW, MAYERNIK,
SHANER, THOMAS, GANNON, JOSEPHS, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE,
GRUCELA, COSTA, TIGUE, BEBKO-JONES, KAISER, DALEY, SAINATO,
LAUGHLIN, FRANKEL, TRAVAGLIO, MELIO, WASHINGTON, PETRONE AND
MANDERINO, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
AN ACT
1 Designating State Route 291 in Delaware County as the Senator
2 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
15 the Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Medal.
1 (3) Senator Bell will be remembered for his devoted 41
2 years of service to the residents of Delaware and Chester
3 counties, serving as both a State representative and a State
4 senator.
5 (4) The distinguished achievements and contributions of
6 Senator Clarence D. Bell reflect the spirit of not only a
7 distinguished servant to our Commonwealth and the United
8 States military, but also a great Pennsylvanian.
9 (b) Designation authorized.--The highway in Delaware County
10 carrying State Route 291 from Ridley Creek to the Trainer
11 Borough line is hereby designated and shall hereafter be known
12 as the Senator Clarence D. Bell Memorial Highway, in honor of
13 Senator Clarence D. Bell's dedicated years of service to the
14 General Assembly and to this Commonwealth.
15 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect
16 appropriate signs at each end of the highway displaying the
17 designation made by this section.
18 Section 2. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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