PRINTER'S NO. 1272
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
987
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, V. BROWN,
CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, COHEN, CONKLIN, COX, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, DUSH, ELLIS, EMRICK, FARINA, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
HAHN, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, IRVIN, KINSEY,
KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, McNEILL,
MILLARD, MURT, O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, READSHAW, SAINATO, SONNEY,
TALLMAN, THOMAS, TOEPEL, WATSON, WHEELAND, YOUNGBLOOD AND
D. COSTA, APRIL 20, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 20, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 422 in Lebanon County as
the Officer Michael H. Wise II Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Officer Michael H. Wise II Memorial Highway.
(a) Designation.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Officer Michael H. Wise II was born and raised in
Lebanon County. He graduated in 1990 from Cedar Crest High
School and in 1993 from the Center for Emergency Medicine in
Pittsburgh.
(2) After serving as an EMT and paramedic in Lebanon,
and later for six years in Pittsburgh, Officer Wise returned
to his roots in Lebanon County and settled in Myerstown.
(3) In 2002, Officer Wise fulfilled his lifelong dream
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of a career in law enforcement when he was hired as a police
officer by the City of Reading and graduated from the Reading
Police Academy.
(4) Officer Wise was tragically killed in the line of
duty on June 5, 2004.
(5) Officer Wise is survived by his wife, daughter,
parents, sister and extended family.
(6) Officer Wise's memory lives on through the Michael
H. Wise II Foundation.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 422 in Lebanon
County from Ramona Road to the Lebanon/Berks County line is
hereby designated the Officer Michael H. Wise II 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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