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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, STOUT, STACK, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, O'PAKE, PILEGGI, ORIE, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, GREENLEAF, FOLMER, DINNIMAN, PIPPY, FARNESE, FERLO, EARLL, WASHINGTON, TOMLINSON, MUSTO AND LOGAN, JANUARY 7, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 7, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating the Donora-Webster Bridge in Donora, Washington |
2 | County, as the Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. Kline Memorial |
3 | Bridge. |
4 | The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: |
5 | (1) Ernie Kline was born on June 20, 1929, in Allentown. |
6 | (2) Ernie Kline graduated from Rostraver High School in |
7 | 1947. |
8 | (3) After graduation, Ernie Kline settled in Beaver |
9 | Falls, Beaver County, where he won a seat on the Beaver Falls |
10 | City Council in 1955. |
11 | (4) Ernie Kline was elected in 1964 to represent Beaver |
12 | and Lawrence Counties in the Pennsylvania Senate. He served |
13 | in this position for six years. He was elected to be the |
14 | Senate Minority Leader in 1967. |
15 | (5) Ernie Kline was elected the 25th Lieutenant Governor |
16 | of Pennsylvania under Milton Shapp in 1970. In 1974, he |
17 | became the first lieutenant governor to be re-elected to a |
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1 | second term. He served as the Lieutenant Governor until his |
2 | second term expired in 1979. |
3 | (6) Upon leaving public office, Ernie Kline established |
4 | a government relations firm where he worked until his death |
5 | on May 13, 2009. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. Kline Memorial Bridge. |
9 | (a) Designation.--The bridge carrying Route 1022 across the |
10 | Monongahela River and the Norfolk Southern and CSX Rail Line |
11 | between Donora, Washington County, and Webster, Westmoreland |
12 | County, is hereby designated the Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. |
13 | Kline Memorial Bridge. |
14 | (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
15 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
16 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
17 | Section 2. Effective date. |
18 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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