THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WHITE, SOLOBAY, BISHOP, GRUCELA, HELM, KORTZ, MILLARD, PALLONE, PRESTON, SWANGER, READSHAW, MOUL, SANTONI, PAYNE, SIPTROTH, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, DONATUCCI, BELFANTI, VULAKOVICH, TALLMAN, SEIP, PASHINSKI, MANN, BRADFORD, GIBBONS, CALTAGIRONE AND CASORIO, JUNE 30, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 30, 2009  

AN ACT

Designating the interchange at Exit 48 of Interstate 79 in

Washington County as the Purple Heart Interchange.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The Purple Heart Interchange.

(a)  Declaration of policy.-–The General Assembly finds and

declares as follows:

(1)  The Purple Heart is awarded, in the name of the

President of the United States, to any member of the armed

forces who has been wounded or killed while serving, on or

after April 5, 1917, with the United States Armed Forces.

(2)  In 2005, The United States Department of Veterans

Affairs established the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies,

which is located in close proximity to Exit 48 (Southpointe)

of Interstate 79 in Washington County.

(b)  Designation.--Exit 48 (Southpointe) of Interstate 79 in

Washington County, in both directions, is hereby designated as

the Purple Heart Interchange.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall, in

appropriate locations, erect and maintain signs displaying the

name designated under subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.