THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, RAFFERTY, TOMLINSON, ROBBINS, EARLL, ALLOWAY, YAW, ORIE AND WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 17, 2011

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 17, 2011  

AN ACT

Providing for the designation of the building referred to as the

Commonwealth Keystone Building in the City of Harrisburg as

the Thomas D. Larson Building.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Thomas D. Larson Building.

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

declares as follows:

(1)  Thomas D. Larson served as Secretary of

Transportation from 1979 to 1987 during Governor Richard

Thornburgh's administration.

(2)  Larson is recognized as the individual who was

instrumental in reforming the Department of Transportation

and making it a national model of professionalism and

innovation.

(3)  After completing his service as secretary, Larson

was sworn in as Federal Highway Administrator on August 10,

1989, and served until 1993.

(4)  During his tenure as Federal Highway Administrator,

he played an important role in the crafting of the Intermodal

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) (Public

Law 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914).

(5)  Before and after his public service to the

Commonwealth and the United States, Larson also distinguished

himself as a professor of civil and environmental engineering

at The Pennsylvania State University, College of Engineering,

and in preparing the next generation of transportation

professionals.

(6)  Pennsylvania lost a dedicated public servant,

teacher and community leader on July 20, 2006.

(b)  Designation.--The building referred to as the

Commonwealth Keystone Building in the City of Harrisburg is

designated as, and shall be known as, the Thomas D. Larson

Building.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of General Services shall erect

and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under

subsection (b).

Section 2.  Repeal.

All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are

inconsistent with this act.

Section 3.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect immediately.