S0593B0652A00854 LKK:EJH 04/26/19 #90 A00854
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 593
Sponsor: SENATOR K. WARD
Printer's No. 652
Amend Bill, page 1, line 4, by striking out the period after
"Bridge" and inserting
; and designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 4011
over Pine Creek, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, as the
A. Donald Buffington Memorial Bridge.
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 20 and 21
Section 2. A. Donald Buffington Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) A. Donald Buffington was born December 16, 1929.
(2) Mr. Buffington graduated in 1947 from the former
Hegins Township High School and in 1949 from the former
Eckles College of Mortuary Science, Philadelphia.
(3) Mr. Buffington faithfully served his community as a
board member of the Valley View Park Association and a board
member of the Tri-Valley School Board for several decades.
(4) Mr. Buffington spent several decades of time
maintaining the Valley View Park which included painting and
cutting grass.
(5) Mr. Buffington was a coach for the Hegins Valley
Teener League and was the first Teener League coach from
Schuylkill County to win the State Championship in 1970.
(6) Mr. Buffington played and coached semi-pro baseball
in the area for many years.
(7) Mr. Buffington was the Funeral Director for the
former Buffington Funeral Home and the Buffington-Reed
Funeral Home, both of Valley View.
(8) Mr. Buffington was a member of Friedens United
Church of Christ in Hegins, Valley View Gun Club and Valley
View Fire Company.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 4011
over Pine Creek, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, is
designated the A. Donald Buffington 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.
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Amend Bill, page 2, line 21, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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