THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BLOOM, AUMENT, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, COX, EVERETT, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, PERRY, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 11, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 11, 2012  

AN ACT

Designating State Route 233 from the western corporate limits of

Newville Borough to State Route 11 in Cumberland County as

the Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial

Highway.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial

Highway.

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

declares as follows:

(1)  Nicholas B. Morrison, was born June 23, 1981, in

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Big Spring High

School, Newville, Class of 2000. Upon graduation, he entered

the United States Marine Corps in 2003, after the events of

9/11, where he served for two years.

(2)  Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Morrison was assigned

to the Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,

2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp

Lejeune, North Carolina. On August 13, 2004, at 23 years of

age, Lance Corporal Morrison was killed while on patrol with

the Combined Anti-Armor Team Blue as a tow gunner in the Al

Anbar Province of Iraq when an IED struck his Humvee.

(3)  Marine Lance Cpl. Morrison was awarded the Purple

Heart for his wounds sustained in combat against an enemy of

the United States. He was also awarded the Navy & Marine

Corps Commendation Medal with the Combat V for his sustained

and valorous actions in combat. He received the National

Defense Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary

Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Combat Action

Ribbon and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.

(4)  Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Morrison, beloved son of

Joey L. and Peggy J. Morrison, Sr., of Newville, PA, was

courageously serving his country at the time of his death and

his excellence as a soldier has been extolled by many.

(b)  Designation.--State Route 233, from the western

corporate limits of Newville Borough to State Route 11 in

Cumberland County is hereby designated as the Marine Lance

Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial Highway.

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

maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under

subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.