PRINTER'S NO. 3545
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2168
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, VEREB, COX, HENNESSEY, MARSHALL, PICKETT,
BAKER, DUSH, SONNEY, MILLARD, MALONEY, READSHAW, METZGAR,
BIZZARRO, COHEN, ELLIS, WENTLING, WARD, KNOWLES, O'NEILL,
MILNE, MUSTIO, SAYLOR, HAHN, D. PARKER, TOEPEL, PAYNE,
HARHART, REESE, MAHONEY, YOUNGBLOOD, DiGIROLAMO, D. COSTA,
KINSEY, MURT, REGAN, MAJOR, CAUSER, WHEELAND, GOODMAN AND
A. HARRIS, JUNE 16, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 16, 2016
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 51 in Fayette County as the
Officer Richard Champion Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Officer Richard Champion Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Officer Richard Champion was killed on December 14,
2014, in a two-vehicle crash on State Route 51 in Perry
Township while pursuing another vehicle.
(2) Officer Champion had been a member of the
Perryopolis Borough Police Department for only eight months,
and had previously worked for Derry Borough Police in
Westmoreland County.
(3) Before graduating from the Westmoreland Community
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College Police Academy in November 2013, Officer Champion
served with the United States Army, including two tours
overseas.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 51 in Fayette
County from the southern border of Perryopolis Borough to the
southern border of Perry Township is hereby designated the
Officer Richard Champion Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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