HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 670, 1322 PRINTER'S NO. 1380
No. 599 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE AND CORMAN, APRIL 6, 2005
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 22, 2005
AN ACT
1 Designating State Route 56 in Seward, Westmoreland County, as <--
2 the Ricky Hafer Highway; and designating State Route 711 in
3 Seward, Westmoreland County, as Aaron Rusin Boulevard.
4 DESIGNATING <--
5 AMENDING THE ACT OF DECEMBER 21, 1998 (P.L.1064, NO.140), <--
6 ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING ROUTE 581 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
7 PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR HIGHWAY;
8 DESIGNATING A SECTION OF THE BAY FRONT PARKWAY IN ERIE
9 COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE BERNARD (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI
10 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A SECTION OF ROUTE 26 IN CENTRE
11 COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE NITTANY PARKWAY; DESIGNATING A
12 BRIDGE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, AS THE SENATOR
13 CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE MOUNT UNION
14 BYPASS IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS;
15 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF ROUTE 26 IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE
16 STANDING STONE PARKWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE
17 0094 IN YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES AS THE 94TH INFANTRY
18 DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN
19 CHESTER COUNTY AS THE BEN WEAVER BRIDGE," EXTENDING THE
20 BERNARD (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING
21 STATE ROUTE 132 IN BUCKS COUNTY AS THE ARMED FORCES AND
22 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON STATE
23 ROUTE 150 CROSSING THE BEECH CREEK IN CLINTON AND CENTRE
24 COUNTIES AS THE BEECH CREEK VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; AND <--
25 DESIGNATING STATE ROUTE 291 IN DELAWARE COUNTY AS THE WILLIE
26 MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A ROAD IN <--
27 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AS SENATOR HANK SALVATORE DRIVE.
28 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
29 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. Ricky Hafer Highway. <--
2 (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly find and
3 declares as follows:
4 (1) Ricky Hafer graduated from Laurel Valley High School
5 and enlisted in the United States Army in August 2002.
6 (2) PFC Hafer, age 21, served with distinction in the
7 101st Airborne Division until his death on November 15, 2003,
8 in a midair collision of two Black Hawk helicopters in Iraq.
9 (b) Designation.--State Route 56 in Seward, Westmoreland
10 County, is hereby designated as the Ricky Hafer Highway.
11 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12 maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
13 subsection (b).
14 Section 2. Aaron Rusin Boulevard.
15 (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly find and
16 declares as follows:
17 (1) Aaron Rusin graduated from Central Cambria High
18 School and enlisted in the United States Army in the fall of
19 2003.
20 (2) Army Specialist Rusin, age 19, served with
21 distinction in the United States Army until his death on
22 October 10, 2004, by sniper fire while patrolling in a Humvee
23 in Iraq.
24 (b) Designation.--State Route 711 in Seward, Westmoreland
25 County, is hereby designated as Aaron Rusin Boulevard.
26 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
27 maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
28 subsection (b).
29 Section 3. Effective date.
30 This act shall take effect immediately.
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1 SECTION 1. ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. <--
2 (A) DESIGNATION.--STATE ROUTE 132, KNOWN AS STREET ROAD,
3 FROM ITS BEGINNING POINT AT STATE ROAD, BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, BUCKS
4 COUNTY, TO ITS TERMINAL POINT AT LOWER STATE, WARRINGTON
5 TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE ARMED FORCES
6 AND VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
7 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
8 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY AT
9 EACH END OF THE HIGHWAY AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT AN APPROPRIATE
10 LOCATION WITHIN EACH MUNICIPALITY THROUGH WHICH THE HIGHWAY
11 PASSES.
12 SECTION 2. BEECH CREEK VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
13 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 150 CROSSING THE
14 BEECH CREEK IN CLINTON AND CENTRE COUNTIES IS DESIGNATED AND
15 SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BEECH CREEK VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN
16 HONOR OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF CLINTON AND CENTRE COUNTIES WHO
17 HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
18 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
19 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
20 BRIDGE DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE.
21 SECTION 3. WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
22 (A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND
23 DECLARES THAT:
24 (1) MAYOR WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE HAD THE DISTINCTION OF
25 BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF
26 CHESTER, DELAWARE COUNTY, AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FROM
27 1986 TO 1991.
28 (2) MAYOR LEAKE'S PRIDE FOR THE CITY OF CHESTER LED HER
29 TO A CAREER IN CITY POLITICS. MAYOR LEAKE'S POLITICAL CAREER
30 BEGAN IN 1972. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE BEGAN THIS CAREER APPOINTED
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1 TO THE CHESTER-UPLAND SCHOOL BOARD. IN 1977 MAYOR LEAKE
2 RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES AMONG REPUBLICAN
3 CANDIDATES FOR A SIX-YEAR TERM ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. IN 1982
4 MAYOR LEAKE WAS APPOINTED CITY TREASURER. IN JANUARY 1983
5 MAYOR LEAKE WAS APPOINTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHESTER,
6 PENNSYLVANIA, AND AT THIS TIME SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST
7 WOMAN TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL.
8 (3) MAYOR LEAKE WAS ALSO ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE
9 CHESTER BRANCH OF THE N.A.A.C.P.
10 (4) THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF
11 MAYOR WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF NOT ONLY A
12 DISTINGUISHED SERVANT TO THE CITY OF CHESTER, DELAWARE
13 COUNTY, AND THE COMMONWEALTH, BUT ALSO A GREAT PENNSYLVANIAN.
14 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE HIGHWAY IN DELAWARE COUNTY CARRYING
15 STATE ROUTE 291 FROM RIDLEY CREEK TO THE TRAINER BOROUGH LINE IS
16 HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE WILLIE MAE JAMES
17 LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
18 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT
19 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT EACH END OF THE HIGHWAY DISPLAYING THE
20 DESIGNATION MADE BY THIS SECTION.
21 SECTION 4. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
22 (1) SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60
23 DAYS.
24 (2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
25 IMMEDIATELY.
26 SECTION 1. THE TITLE AND SECTION 2 OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER <--
27 21, 1998 (P.L.1064, NO.140), ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING ROUTE
28 581 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE AMERICAN EX-
29 PRISONERS OF WAR HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A SECTION OF THE BAY FRONT
30 PARKWAY IN ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE BERNARD (BENNY) J.
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1 DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A SECTION OF ROUTE 26
2 IN CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE NITTANY PARKWAY;
3 DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, AS THE
4 SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE MOUNT UNION
5 BYPASS IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS;
6 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF ROUTE 26 IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE
7 STANDING STONE PARKWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE
8 0094 IN YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES AS THE 94TH INFANTRY
9 DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN CHESTER
10 COUNTY AS THE BEN WEAVER BRIDGE," ARE AMENDED TO READ:
11 AN ACT
12 DESIGNATING ROUTE 581 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE
13 AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A SECTION
14 OF THE BAY FRONT PARKWAY IN ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE
15 BERNARD (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A
16 SECTION OF ROUTE 26 IN CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE
17 NITTANY PARKWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP,
18 LEBANON COUNTY, AS THE SENATOR CLARENCE F. MANBECK BRIDGE;
19 DESIGNATING THE MOUNT UNION BYPASS IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS
20 THE JAMES DICOSIMO BYPASS; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF ROUTE 26
21 IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AS THE STANDING STONE PARKWAY;
22 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 0094 IN YORK AND
23 CUMBERLAND COUNTIES AS THE 94TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMORIAL
24 HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE IN CHESTER COUNTY AS THE
25 BEN WEAVER BRIDGE[.]; DESIGNATING STATE ROUTE 132 IN BUCKS
26 COUNTY AS THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
27 DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 150 CROSSING THE BEECH
28 CREEK IN CLINTON AND CENTRE COUNTIES AS THE BEECH CREEK
29 VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING STATE ROUTE 291 IN
30 DELAWARE COUNTY AS THE WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL
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1 HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A ROAD IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AS
2 SENATOR HANK SALVATORE DRIVE.
3 SECTION 2. BERNARD (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
4 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF THE BAY FRONT PARKWAY IN
5 ERIE COUNTY FROM STATE STREET EAST TO WAYNE STREET SOUTH TO [THE
6 INTERSECTION OF BIRD DRIVE AND EAST GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD] STATION
7 ROAD IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BERNARD
8 (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
9 (B) SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--BERNARD
10 (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI WAS A COMMITTED COMMUNITY SERVANT WHO
11 SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FIRST
12 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM 1970 TO 1990. ALSO, DURING HIS TENURE
13 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE WAS ELECTED TO THE POSITION
14 OF MAJORITY CAUCUS ADMINISTRATOR.
15 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
16 MAINTAIN ROAD SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF BERNARD
17 (BENNY) J. DOMBROWSKI AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE
18 SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A).
19 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING SECTIONS TO READ:
20 SECTION 8.1. ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
21 (A) DESIGNATION.--STATE ROUTE 132, KNOWN AS STREET ROAD,
22 FROM ITS BEGINNING POINT AT STATE ROAD, BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, BUCKS
23 COUNTY, TO ITS TERMINAL POINT AT LOWER STATE, WARRINGTON
24 TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE ARMED FORCES
25 AND VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
26 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
27 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY AT
28 EACH END OF THE HIGHWAY AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT AN APPROPRIATE
29 LOCATION WITHIN EACH MUNICIPALITY THROUGH WHICH THE HIGHWAY
30 PASSES.
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1 SECTION 8.2. BEECH CREEK VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
2 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 150 CROSSING THE
3 BEECH CREEK IN CLINTON AND CENTRE COUNTIES IS DESIGNATED AND
4 SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BEECH CREEK VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN
5 HONOR OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF CLINTON AND CENTRE COUNTIES WHO
6 HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
7 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
8 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
9 BRIDGE DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE.
10 SECTION 8.3. WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
11 (A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND
12 DECLARES THAT:
13 (1) MAYOR WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE HAD THE DISTINCTION OF
14 BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF
15 CHESTER, DELAWARE COUNTY, AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FROM
16 1986 TO 1991.
17 (2) MAYOR LEAKE'S PRIDE FOR THE CITY OF CHESTER LED HER
18 TO A CAREER IN CITY POLITICS. MAYOR LEAKE'S POLITICAL CAREER
19 BEGAN IN 1972. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE BEGAN THIS CAREER APPOINTED
20 TO THE CHESTER-UPLAND SCHOOL BOARD. IN 1977 MAYOR LEAKE
21 RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES AMONG REPUBLICAN
22 CANDIDATES FOR A SIX-YEAR TERM ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. IN 1982
23 MAYOR LEAKE WAS APPOINTED CITY TREASURER. IN JANUARY 1983
24 MAYOR LEAKE WAS APPOINTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHESTER,
25 PENNSYLVANIA, AND AT THIS TIME SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST
26 WOMAN TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL.
27 (3) MAYOR LEAKE WAS ALSO ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE
28 CHESTER BRANCH OF THE NAACP.
29 (4) THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF
30 MAYOR WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF NOT ONLY A
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1 DISTINGUISHED SERVANT TO THE CITY OF CHESTER, DELAWARE
2 COUNTY, AND THE COMMONWEALTH, BUT ALSO A GREAT PENNSYLVANIAN.
3 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE HIGHWAY IN DELAWARE COUNTY CARRYING
4 STATE ROUTE 291 FROM RIDLEY CREEK TO THE TRAINER BOROUGH LINE IS
5 HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE WILLIE MAE JAMES
6 LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
7 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT
8 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT EACH END OF THE HIGHWAY DISPLAYING THE
9 DESIGNATION MADE BY THIS SECTION.
10 SECTION 8.4. SENATOR HANK SALVATORE DRIVE.
11 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE ROAD SERVING AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO
12 THE BENJAMIN RUSH STATE PARK, INTERSECTING WITH SOUTHAMPTON ROAD
13 IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, SHALL BE KNOWN AS SENATOR HANK SALVATORE
14 DRIVE.
15 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN SIGNS
16 DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE ROAD DESIGNATED UNDER SUBSECTION (A).
17 SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
18 (1) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT
19 IMMEDIATELY:
20 (I) THE ADDITION OF SECTION 8.3 OF THE ACT.
21 (II) THIS SECTION.
22 (2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60
23 DAYS.
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