PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1540
PRINTER'S NO. 1589
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1080
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, RAFFERTY AND WARD, MARCH 15, 2018
SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, MARCH 26, 2018
AN ACT
Designating the intersection A PORTION of Pennsylvania Route 41
(Gap Newport Pike) and BETWEEN Pennsylvania Route 926 (Street
Road) over AND U.S. Route 1 located in London Grove Township
AND LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Chester County, as the Trooper
Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Trooper Kenton Iwaniec was born on December 18,
1983, in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, son of Ken and Deb
Iwaniec.
(2) Trooper Iwaniec graduated from Saint Vincent College
on May 11, 2007, and enlisted in the Pennsylvania State
Police on June 11, 2007.
(3) On March 27, 2008, Trooper Iwaniec finished his
shift at the Avondale Barracks in Chester County and began
his drive home.
(4) At approximately 10:15 p.m., just two miles away
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from the Avondale Barracks, a vehicle driven by an impaired
driver crossed the centerline of Pennsylvania Route 41 and
hit Trooper Iwaniec's vehicle head-on.
(5) Trooper Iwaniec was flown to Christiana Hospital in
Delaware where he passed away two hours later from injuries
sustained in the collision.
(6) The family of Trooper Iwaniec continues to raise
awareness about the seriousness of impaired driving through
the formation of the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial
Foundation.
(7) The Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Foundation
encourages communities to have a positive influence in the
reduction of impaired driving.
(8) The mission of the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial
Foundation is to honor the memory of all driving under the
influence (DUI) victims and raise funds through events to
purchase preliminary breath-testing devices for the
Pennsylvania State Police and other law enforcement agencies
throughout this Commonwealth.
(b) Designation.--The intersection A PORTION of Pennsylvania
Route 41 (Gap Newport Pike) and BETWEEN Pennsylvania Route 926
(Street Road) over AND U.S. Route 1 located in London Grove
Township AND LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Chester County, is designated
the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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