THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MURT, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DAY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HARKINS, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KULA, LENTZ, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARSHALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MOUL, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, QUIGLEY, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SABATINA, SAMUELSON, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, DALEY, EVERETT AND GRUCELA, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 10, 2009   

AN ACT

Designating the bridge in the Borough of Hatboro (now designated

as Bridge Management I.D. No. 46/0263/0050/0057) over

Pennypack Creek as the PFC Joseph J. Lannon, Jr., USMC

Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  PFC Joseph J. Lannon, Jr., USMC Memorial Bridge.

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

declares that PFC Joseph J. Lannon, Jr., USMC, made the ultimate

sacrifice for his country on October 1, 1968, while serving in

the United States Marine Corps, when he was killed in action in

Quang Nam, Vietnam.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge [over] (bridge management I.D.

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No. 46/263/0050/0057) spanning Pennypack Creek on South York

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Road (State Route 263) in the Borough of Hatboro [shall be],

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Montgomery County, is hereby designated as the PFC Joseph J.

Lannon, Jr., USMC Memorial Bridge.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall place and

maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge designated

in subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.