H1547B2819A03847 NAD:JSL 11/15/19 #90 A03847
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1547
Sponsor: SENATOR K. WARD
Printer's No. 2819
Amend Bill, page 1, line 23, by striking out "CONEMAUGH" and
inserting
Stonycreek
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 2 through 4, by striking out "ON"
in line 2, all of line 3 and "RIVER," in line 4 and inserting
, known as Buena Vista Bridge, on that portion of Pennsylvania
Route 56 over Blacklick Creek in East Wheat Township,
Amend Bill, page 2, line 30, by inserting after "WAY; "
designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 4021 over
the Honeoye Creek, Sharon Township, Potter County, as the Tec
5 C. Virgil Voorhees Memorial Bridge;
Amend Bill, page 10, line 22, by striking out "CONEMAUGH" and
inserting
Stonycreek
Amend Bill, page 12, lines 25 through 27, by striking out
"LOCATED ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE" in line 25 and all of lines 26
and 27 and inserting
, known as the Buena Vista Bridge, located on Pennsylvania
Route 56 over Blacklick Creek in East Wheat Township, Indiana
County, is designated the SPC Beverly S. Clark Memorial Bridge.
Amend Bill, page 19, by inserting between lines 7 and 8
Section 19. Tec 5 C. Virgil Voorhees Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Technician Fifth Grade C. Virgil Voorhees gave his
life in service to his country during World War II.
(2) Tec 5 Voorhees served as a driver and radioman for
the first platoon headquarters of Battery A, 155th Airborne
Anti-Aircraft Battalion, United States Army.
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(3) On March 24, 1945, Tec 5 Voorhees was killed
instantly by enemy artillery fire as he was driving his jeep
across open terrain in Germany.
(4) Tec 5 Voorhees grew up in a house along Honeoye
Street in Shinglehouse, the road on which the bridge
designated under subsection (b) is located.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 4021
over the Honeoye Creek, Sharon Township, Potter County, is
designated the Tec 5 C. Virgil Voorhees 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.
Amend Bill, page 19, line 8, by striking out "19" and
inserting
20
Amend Bill, page 19, line 15, by striking out "20" and
inserting
21
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