PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 670, 1322, 1380 PRINTER'S NO. 1991
No. 599 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE AND CORMAN, APRIL 6, 2005
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, JULY 1, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 21, 1998 (P.L.1064, No.140),
2 entitled "An act designating Route 581 in Cumberland County,
3 Pennsylvania, as the American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway;
4 designating a section of the Bay Front Parkway in Erie
5 County, Pennsylvania, as the Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski
6 Memorial Highway; designating a section of Route 26 in Centre
7 County, Pennsylvania, as the Nittany Parkway; designating a
8 bridge in Bethel Township, Lebanon County, as the Senator
9 Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge; designating the Mount Union
10 Bypass in Huntingdon County as the James DiCosimo Bypass;
11 designating a portion of Route 26 in Huntingdon County as the
12 Standing Stone Parkway; designating a portion of State Route
13 0094 in York and Cumberland counties as the 94th Infantry
14 Division Memorial Highway; and designating a bridge in
15 Chester County as the Ben Weaver Bridge," extending the
16 Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial Highway; designating
17 State Route 132 in Bucks County as the Armed Forces and
18 Veterans Memorial Highway; designating a bridge on State
19 Route 150 crossing the Beech Creek in Clinton and Centre
20 Counties as the Beech Creek Veterans Memorial Bridge;
21 designating State Route 291 in Delaware County as the Willie <--
22 Mae James Leake THROUGH THE CITY OF CHESTER AS THE ROSA PARKS <--
23 Memorial Highway; and designating a road in Philadelphia
24 County as Senator Hank Salvatore Drive.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
27 Section 1. The title and section 2 of the act of December
28 21, 1998 (P.L.1064, No.140), entitled "An act designating Route
1 581 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, as the American Ex-
2 Prisoners of War Highway; designating a section of the Bay Front
3 Parkway in Erie County, Pennsylvania, as the Bernard (Benny) J.
4 Dombrowski Memorial Highway; designating a section of Route 26
5 in Centre County, Pennsylvania, as the Nittany Parkway;
6 designating a bridge in Bethel Township, Lebanon County, as the
7 Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge; designating the Mount Union
8 Bypass in Huntingdon County as the James DiCosimo Bypass;
9 designating a portion of Route 26 in Huntingdon County as the
10 Standing Stone Parkway; designating a portion of State Route
11 0094 in York and Cumberland counties as the 94th Infantry
12 Division Memorial Highway; and designating a bridge in Chester
13 County as the Ben Weaver Bridge," are amended to read:
14 AN ACT
15 Designating Route 581 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, as the
16 American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway; designating a section
17 of the Bay Front Parkway in Erie County, Pennsylvania, as the
18 Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial Highway; designating a
19 section of Route 26 in Centre County, Pennsylvania, as the
20 Nittany Parkway; designating a bridge in Bethel Township,
21 Lebanon County, as the Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge;
22 designating the Mount Union Bypass in Huntingdon County as
23 the James DiCosimo Bypass; designating a portion of Route 26
24 in Huntingdon County as the Standing Stone Parkway;
25 designating a portion of State Route 0094 in York and
26 Cumberland counties as the 94th Infantry Division Memorial
27 Highway; and designating a bridge in Chester County as the
28 Ben Weaver Bridge[.]; designating State Route 132 in Bucks
29 County as the Armed Forces and Veterans Memorial Highway;
30 designating a bridge on State Route 150 crossing the Beech
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1 Creek in Clinton and Centre Counties as the Beech Creek
2 Veterans Memorial Bridge; designating State Route 291 in <--
3 Delaware County as the Willie Mae James Leake THROUGH THE <--
4 CITY OF CHESTER AS THE ROSA PARKS Memorial Highway; and
5 designating a road in Philadelphia County as Senator Hank
6 Salvatore Drive.
7 Section 2. Bernard (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial Highway.
8 (a) Designation.--The section of the Bay Front Parkway in
9 Erie County from State Street east to Wayne Street south to [the
10 intersection of Bird Drive and East Grandview Boulevard] Station
11 Road is hereby designated and shall be known as the Bernard
12 (Benny) J. Dombrowski Memorial Highway.
13 (b) Service in the House of Representatives.--Bernard
14 (Benny) J. Dombrowski was a committed community servant who
15 served with distinction as a State Representative from the First
16 Legislative District from 1970 to 1990. Also, during his tenure
17 in the House of Representatives he was elected to the position
18 of Majority Caucus Administrator.
19 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
20 maintain road signs which shall display the name of Bernard
21 (Benny) J. Dombrowski at the beginning and the end of the
22 section of the highway designated in subsection (a).
23 Section 2. The act is amended by adding sections to read:
24 Section 8.1. Armed Forces and Veterans Memorial Highway.
25 (a) Designation.--State Route 132, known as Street Road,
26 from its beginning point at State Road, Bensalem Township, Bucks
27 County, to its terminal point at Lower State, Warrington
28 Township, Bucks County, is hereby designated the Armed Forces
29 and Veterans Memorial Highway.
30 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
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1 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway at
2 each end of the highway and along the highway at an appropriate
3 location within each municipality through which the highway
4 passes.
5 Section 8.2. Beech Creek Veterans Memorial Bridge.
6 (a) Designation.--The bridge on State Route 150 crossing the
7 Beech Creek in Clinton and Centre Counties is designated and
8 shall be known as the Beech Creek Veterans Memorial Bridge in
9 honor of all the citizens of Clinton and Centre Counties who
10 have served in the armed forces of the United States.
11 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12 maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the
13 bridge designated in subsection (a) at each end of the bridge.
14 Section 8.3. Willie Mae James Leake Memorial Highway. <--
15 (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
16 declares that:
17 (1) Mayor Willie Mae James Leake had the distinction of
18 being the first African-American mayor for the City of
19 Chester, Delaware County, and served in that capacity from
20 1986 to 1991.
21 (2) Mayor Leake's pride for the City of Chester led her
22 to a career in city politics. Mayor Leake's political career
23 began in 1972. Subsequently, she began this career appointed
24 to the Chester-Upland School Board. In 1977 Mayor Leake
25 received the highest number of votes among Republican
26 candidates for a six-year term on the school board. In 1982
27 Mayor Leake was appointed City Treasurer. In January 1983
28 Mayor Leake was appointed to the City Council of Chester,
29 Pennsylvania, and at this time she made history as the first
30 woman to serve on City Council.
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1 (3) Mayor Leake was also on the executive board of the
2 Chester branch of the NAACP.
3 (4) The distinguished achievements and contributions of
4 Mayor Willie Mae James Leake reflect the spirit of not only a
5 distinguished servant to the City of Chester, Delaware
6 County, and the Commonwealth, but also a great Pennsylvanian.
7 SECTION 8.3. ROSA PARKS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. <--
8 (b) (A) Designation.--The highway in Delaware County THE <--
9 CITY OF CHESTER carrying State Route 291 from Ridley Creek to <--
10 the Trainer Borough line is hereby designated and shall be known
11 as the Willie Mae James Leake ROSA PARKS Memorial Highway. <--
12 (c) (B) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect <--
13 appropriate signs at each end of the highway displaying the
14 designation made by this section.
15 Section 8.4. Senator Hank Salvatore Drive.
16 (a) Designation.--The road serving as the main entrance to
17 the Benjamin Rush State Park, intersecting with Southampton Road
18 in Philadelphia County, shall be known as Senator Hank Salvatore
19 Drive.
20 (b) Signs.--The department shall erect and maintain signs
21 displaying the name of the road designated under subsection (a).
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
23 (1) The following provisions shall take effect
24 immediately:
25 (i) The addition of section 8.3 of the act.
26 (ii) This section.
27 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
28 days.
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