PRINTER'S NO. 1935
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1510
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BIZZARRO, CALTAGIRONE,
COX, DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, ENGLISH, FREEMAN, GILLEN, HAHN,
A. HARRIS, HELM, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KINSEY, LONGIETTI,
MILLARD, MILNE, MURT, MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, RAPP, RYAN,
SANKEY, SONNEY, WARD, WENTLING AND WHEELAND, JUNE 7, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 7, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Avenue A over the
Allegheny River, Coudersport Borough, Potter County, as the
Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., was born
on November 4, 1950, in Coudersport, graduated with honors
from the local high school and was appointed to the United
States Naval Academy.
(2) On December 10, 1990, Commander Palmatier, a career
Navy officer, was flying a training mission over the Gulf of
Mexico when his TA-4 Skyhawk collided with another jet,
killing Commander Palmatier at 40 years of age.
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(b) Designation.--The bridge located on Avenue A, bridge ID
52400200120000, over the Allegheny River in Coudersport Borough,
Potter County, is designated the Commander Philip F. "Jet"
Palmatier, Jr., Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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