SENATE AMENDED

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, YOUNGBLOOD, HAHN, GILLEN, HESS, BRADFORD, GEIST AND DENLINGER, JUNE 11, 2012

SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 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; designating a portion of State Route 2038 in Horsham

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Township, Montgomery County, as the 2LT James P. Kelly

Memorial Highway; designating a bridge carrying State Route

94 over Bermudian Creek in Latimore Township, Adams County,

as the Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge; and

designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 268 and

State Route 368 over the Allegheny River, in the City of

Parker, Armstrong County, commonly known as the State Bridge,

as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

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.  2LT James P. Kelly Memorial Highway.

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(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Upon graduating from LaSalle College in June 1964,

James P. Kelly was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the

Army Field Artillery and served as Field Artillery Unit

Commander, A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery, 101st

Airborne Division, USARV.

(2)  Second Lieutenant James P. Kelly was killed on

September 27, 1965, by an explosive device while serving his

country in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam.

(b)  Designation.--The section of State Route 2038 in Horsham

Township, Montgomery County, from Maple Avenue to Meetinghouse

Road is hereby designated the 2LT James P. Kelly 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 3.  Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge.

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

declares as follows:

(1)  Sergeant Michael C. Weigand graduated from Bermudian

Springs High School in 2002.

(2)  After graduating high school Sergeant Weigand

attended the Allegheny County Police Academy and graduated in

2003.

(3)  Sergeant Weigand joined the York Springs/Latimore

Township Regional Police Department and Littlestown Police

Department.

(4)  Sergeant Weigand went back to school to become a

D.A.R.E. officer for Bermudian Springs School District.

(5)  Sergeant Weigand was later promoted to sergeant at

the Latimore Township Police Department, where his father is

chief.

(6)  On September 14, 2008, while on duty escorting a

charity event, Sergeant Weigand was killed by a pickup truck

which was out of control.

(7)  Sergeant Weigand is survived by his wife, Amanda;

daughter, Lanie; parents, Michael and Kimberly Weigand; and

two sisters, Melanie Karpinski and Erin Jo Bevenour.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 94

over Bermudian Creek in Latimore Township, Adams County, is

designated as the Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge.

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

maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under

subsection (b).

Section 4.  Veterans Memorial Bridge.

(a)  Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 268 and

State Route 368 in the City of Parker, Armstrong County, over

the Allegheny River, commonly known as the State Bridge, is

hereby designated as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

(b)  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 5.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.