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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1156
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE KRUEGER-BRANEKY
Printer's No. 1851
Amend Bill, page 1, line 16, by striking out "and"
Amend Bill, page 1, line 18, by striking out the period after
"Highway" and inserting
; and designating a pedestrian bridge over that portion of State
Route 252, also known as Providence Road, between Stackhouse
Lane and Copples Lane in Nether Providence Township, Delaware
County, as the Jack Hontz Memorial Bridge.
Amend Bill, page 7, by inserting between lines 9 and 10
Section 7. Jack Hontz Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Jack Hontz was a 1978 graduate of Newton High School
in Newton, New Jersey.
(2) He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music
education and a Master of Arts degree in music performance
from West Chester University.
(3) In 1983, he began working at Wallingford-Swarthmore
School District where he formed Strath Haven High School's
new instrumental department and served as Department Chair
for the Fine Arts.
(4) For 34 years, he enthusiastically grew the Strath
Haven High School bands and orchestra, touching the lives of
generations of students.
(5) The accomplishments of his individual students and
the musical ensembles he was privileged to direct, including
the over 400 member Strath Haven High School Marching Band,
were a constant source of pride.
(6) Mr. Hontz also served as the musical advisor to the
Princeton University Band for 30 years, and as the conductor
of the Chester County Concert Band for 22 years.
(7) In 2016, Mr. Hontz was awarded the Distinguished
Music Alumnus Award by West Chester University.
(8) Jack Hontz passed away on June 23, 2017, at 57 years
of age.
(b) Designation.--The pedestrian bridge over State Route
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252, also known as Providence Road, between Stackhouse Lane and
Copples Lane, in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, is
designated as the Jack Hontz 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 of the bridge.
Amend Bill, page 7, line 10, by striking out "7" and
inserting
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