HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 273 PRINTER'S NO. 1059
No. 271 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, LOGAN AND LEMMOND,
FEBRUARY 10, 2003
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 7, 2003
AN ACT
1 Renaming State Route 424 in Luzerne County from the Hazleton
2 South Beltway to the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce
3 Beltway; AND DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 837 IN <--
4 ALLEGHENY COUNTY AS THE CHARLES R. MCDEVITT HIGHWAY.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway.
8 (a) Designation.--The section of State Route 424 in Luzerne
9 County, now known as the Hazleton South Beltway, is hereby
10 redesignated the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway.
11 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
13 traffic in both directions on the highway and at exit 141 of
14 Interstate Route 81.
15 Section 2. Effective date. <--
16 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
17 SECTION 2. CHARLES R. MCDEVITT HIGHWAY. <--
1 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 837 IN
2 ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM THE ELIZABETH BRIDGE SOUTH TO THE
3 WASHINGTON-ALLEGHENY COUNTY LINE IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE
4 CHARLES R. MCDEVITT HIGHWAY.
5 (B) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.--CHARLES R. (CHUCK) MCDEVITT
6 WAS A BELOVED AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF WEST ELIZABETH,
7 PENNSYLVANIA, AND, AT THE AGE OF 29, WAS ELECTED AS ITS FIRST
8 MAYOR IN 1961. HE SERVED AS MAYOR UNTIL 1973. HE ALSO SERVED AS
9 BOROUGH SECRETARY FOR 23 YEARS AND WAS BOROUGH COUNCIL
10 PRESIDENT, A DIRECTOR ON THE WEST JEFFERSON HILLS SCHOOL BOARD,
11 A MEMBER OF THE WEST ELIZABETH SANITARY AUTHORITY, A LIFETIME
12 MEMBER OF THE WEST ELIZABETH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND AN ARMY
13 VETERAN.
14 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
15 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
16 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
17 SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
18 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
19 (1) SECTION 1 SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
20 (2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
21 IMMEDIATELY.
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