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A07001
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1955
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SIMMONS, BENNINGHOFF, COHEN, BAKER, HENNESSEY,
DiGIROLAMO, THOMAS, SCHLOSSBERG, MILLARD, COX, HARHART,
FREEMAN, DUSH, SONNEY, PAYNE, ELLIS, O'NEILL, WHEELAND,
DONATUCCI, MACKENZIE, ROTHMAN, LONGIETTI, BARRAR,
CALTAGIRONE, GOODMAN, READSHAW, D. COSTA, WATSON, HAHN,
KINSEY, MAHONEY, GROVE, A. HARRIS, MARSICO, PHILLIPS-HILL,
REGAN, MAJOR, STAATS, MURT, WARD, TOEPEL, SAYLOR, KORTZ, KIM
AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 5, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 5, 2016
AN ACT
Designating the intersection a portion of State Route 309 and
Passer Road in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, as the
Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Officer David M. Petzold Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Officer David M. Petzold became an Upper Saucon
Township Police Officer in October 1996. He served as a
patrol officer for the Upper Saucon community and became
Upper Saucon's first detective in 2001. While assigned as a
detective, Officer Petzold earned a bachelor of arts degree
with a major in criminal justice from DeSales University.
(2) In May 2005, Officer Petzold joined the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation then returned to the Upper Saucon
Township Police Department in April of the next year.
(3) In the early morning hours of November 9, 2006,
Officer Petzold was struck and killed by oncoming traffic as
he removed a deer causing a traffic hazard on Route 309.
(4) Officer Petzold left behind a wife, two daughters
and a son. He died as he lived, trying to protect and serve
the community.
(b) Designation.--The intersection The portion of State
Route 309 and between Passer Road and State Route 378 in Upper
Saucon Township, Lehigh County, is hereby designated the Officer
David M. Petzold 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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