PRINTER'S NO. 1285
No. 1053 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY STOUT, BELAN, WHITE, COSTA, O'PAKE, ROBBINS,
MUSTO, BODACK, BOSCOLA AND MURPHY, AUGUST 6, 1999
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 6, 1999
AN ACT
1 Designating the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum as the official
2 trolley museum of Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Incorporated, is
4 dedicated to communicating the story of Pennsylvania's Trolley
5 Era to a diverse audience through the preservation,
6 interpretation and use of its collection of electric railway
7 vehicles, railroad vehicles, associated artifacts and
8 photo/document archives; and
9 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum operates its
10 facilities and makes acquisitions at its own expense; and
11 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum has served
12 Pennsylvanians and other visitors for over 35 years at its
13 museum in the Chartiers Township, Washington County,
14 Pennsylvania; and
15 WHEREAS, This endeavor to preserve the history of
16 Pennsylvania's electric railway industry is beneficial to both
17 present and future generations.
1 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 hereby enacts as follows:
3 Section 1. Designation of official trolley museum.
4 The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Chartiers Township,
5 Washington County, Pennsylvania, is hereby designated as the
6 official trolley museum of Pennsylvania. The museum shall be so
7 designated by an official marker erected by the Pennsylvania
8 Historical and Museum Commission.
9 Section 2. Effective date.
10 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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