PRINTER'S NO. 815
No. 677 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, JUBELIRER, MADIGAN, STOUT, ERICKSON,
PICCOLA, KITCHEN, BOSCOLA, CORMAN, RHOADES, BRIGHTBILL,
LAVALLE, EARLL, STACK, THOMPSON, PIPPY, TARTAGLIONE, ORIE,
COSTA, GORDNER, TOMLINSON, MELLOW, GREENLEAF, D. WHITE,
WENGER, RAFFERTY, LEMMOND, CONTI, M. WHITE, O'PAKE, FUMO,
LOGAN, WAUGH, WONDERLING, PUNT, WOZNIAK, SCARNATI, MUSTO,
ROBBINS AND ARMSTRONG, MAY 11, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 11, 2005
AN ACT
1 Designating a portion of State Route 322 in Delaware County as
2 the Senator Clarence D. Bell Memorial Highway.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Senator Clarence D. Bell Memorial Highway.
6 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly hereby finds and
7 declares as follows:
8 (1) Senator Clarence D. Bell (1914-2002) served as a
9 member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly longer than any
10 other person in Pennsylvania history. First elected to the
11 House of Representatives in 1954, he then served as State
12 Senator for the 9th district from 1960 until his death in
13 2002.
14 (2) Along with his many years of service to this
15 Commonwealth, Senator Bell served in the United States
1 military during World War II, where he received the United
2 States Army Legion of Merit and the Pennsylvania
3 Distinguished Service Medal. After the war, he served and
4 attained the rank of Major General in the Pennsylvania
5 National Guard.
6 (3) Senator Bell should be remembered for his
7 distinguished achievements as well as for his devoted service
8 to the residents of Delaware and Chester counties, to our
9 Commonwealth and to our country.
10 (b) Designation authorized.--The section of State Route 322
11 beginning at its intersection with U.S. Route 1 and ending at
12 its intersection with Interstate 95 in Concord, Bethel and Upper
13 Chichester townships in Delaware County shall be designated and
14 hereafter known as the Senator Clarence D. Bell Memorial
15 Highway.
16 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall, upon
17 completion of the project, erect appropriate signs at each end
18 of the above-mentioned portion of highway displaying the
19 designation made by this section.
20 Section 2. Effective date.
21 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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