HOUSE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1763, 2128 PRINTER'S NO. 2216
No. 1206 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY SCARNATI, APRIL 26, 2006
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OCTOBER 24, 2006
AN ACT 1 Designating an access road from Interstate 80 to the DuBois- <-- 2 Jefferson County Airport in Washington Township, Jefferson 3 County, as the Francis H. "Bud" Scherer Memorial Highway. 4 AMENDING THE ACT OF JUNE 15, 2006 (P.L.200, NO.47), ENTITLED "AN <-- 5 ACT DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1025 OVER 6 INTERSTATE 79 IN NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, 7 AS THE CANON-MCMILLAN ALUMNI BRIDGE," FURTHER PROVIDING FOR 8 THE CANON-MCMILLAN ALUMNI BRIDGE DESIGNATION; AND DESIGNATING <-- 9 STATE ROUTE 830 EXTENDING FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO THE DUBOIS- 10 JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON 11 COUNTY, AS THE FRANCIS H. "BUD" SCHERER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; 12 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 291 IN DELAWARE COUNTY <-- 13 AS THE WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING 14 THE BRIDGE ON INTERSTATE 79 CROSSING U.S. ROUTE 6N IN 15 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, AS THE DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD 16 MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING FRONT STREET, FROM ALLEGHENY 17 AVENUE TO ROCKY GROVE AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF SUGARCREEK, 18 VENANGO COUNTY, AS THE MAYOR JOHN D. MCCLELLAND HONORARY 19 HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING SR 255 FROM SR 948, FOX TOWNSHIP, 20 ELK COUNTY, TO THE FORMER ST. MARYS BOROUGH LINE IN ELK 21 COUNTY, AS THE WILLIAM F. RENWICK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 23 hereby enacts as follows: 24 Section 1. Francis H. "Bud" Scherer Memorial Highway. <-- 25 (a) Designation.--The access road from Interstate 80 to the 26 DuBois-Jefferson County Airport in Washington Township,
1 Jefferson County, is designated and shall be known as the 2 Francis H. "Bud" Scherer Memorial Highway. 3 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and 4 maintain signs which shall display the name of the highway 5 designated in subsection (a) at each end of the designated road. 6 Section 2. Effective date. 7 This act shall take effect in 60 days. 8 SECTION 1. THE TITLE AND SECTION 1(A) OF THE ACT OF JUNE 15, <-- 9 2006 (P.L.200, NO.47), ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE 10 CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1025 OVER INTERSTATE 79 IN NORTH STRABANE 11 TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, AS THE CANON-MCMILLAN ALUMNI 12 BRIDGE," IS ARE AMENDED TO READ: <-- 13 AN ACT 14 DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE ROUTE [1025] 1035 OVER 15 INTERSTATE 79 IN NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, 16 AS THE CANON-MCMILLAN ALUMNI BRIDGE[.]; AND DESIGNATING STATE <-- 17 ROUTE 830 EXTENDING FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO THE DUBOIS- 18 JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON 19 COUNTY, AS THE FRANCIS H. "BUD" SCHERER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; <-- 20 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 291 IN DELAWARE COUNTY 21 AS THE WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING 22 THE BRIDGE ON INTERSTATE 79 CROSSING U.S. ROUTE 6N IN 23 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, AS THE DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD 24 MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING FRONT STREET, FROM ALLEGHENY 25 AVENUE TO ROCKY GROVE AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF SUGARCREEK, 26 VENANGO COUNTY, AS THE MAYOR JOHN D. MCCLELLAND HONORARY 27 HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING SR 255 FROM SR 948, FOX TOWNSHIP, 28 ELK COUNTY, TO THE FORMER ST. MARY'S BOROUGH LINE IN ELK 29 COUNTY, AS THE WILLIAM F. RENWICK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 30 SECTION 1. CANON-MCMILLAN ALUMNI BRIDGE. 20060S1206B2216 - 2 -
1 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE ROUTE [1025] 2 1035 OVER INTERSTATE 79 IN NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON 3 COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE CANON-MCMILLAN 4 ALUMNI BRIDGE. 5 * * * 6 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION SECTIONS <-- 7 TO READ: 8 SECTION 1.1. FRANCIS H. "BUD" SCHERER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 9 (A) DESIGNATION.--STATE ROUTE 830 EXTENDING FROM INTERSTATE 10 80 TO THE DUBOIS-JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON 11 TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS 12 THE FRANCIS H. "BUD" SCHERER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 13 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 14 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY 15 DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END OF THE DESIGNATED ROAD. 16 SECTION 1.2. WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. <-- 17 (A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND 18 DECLARES THAT: 19 (1) MAYOR WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE HAD THE DISTINCTION OF 20 BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF 21 CHESTER, DELAWARE COUNTY, AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FROM 22 1986 TO 1991. 23 (2) MAYOR LEAKE'S PRIDE FOR THE CITY OF CHESTER LED HER 24 TO A CAREER IN CITY POLITICS. MAYOR LEAKE'S POLITICAL CAREER 25 BEGAN IN 1972. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE BEGAN THIS CAREER APPOINTED 26 TO THE CHESTER-UPLAND SCHOOL BOARD. IN 1977 MAYOR LEAKE 27 RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES AMONG REPUBLICAN 28 CANDIDATES FOR A SIX-YEAR TERM ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. IN 1982 29 MAYOR LEAKE WAS APPOINTED CITY TREASURER. IN JANUARY 1983 30 MAYOR LEAKE WAS APPOINTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHESTER, 20060S1206B2216 - 3 -
1 PENNSYLVANIA, AND AT THIS TIME SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST 2 WOMAN TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL. 3 (3) MAYOR LEAKE WAS ALSO ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE 4 CHESTER BRANCH OF THE NAACP. 5 (4) THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF 6 MAYOR WILLIE MAE JAMES LEAKE REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF NOT ONLY A 7 DISTINGUISHED SERVANT TO THE CITY OF CHESTER, DELAWARE 8 COUNTY, AND THE COMMONWEALTH, BUT ALSO A GREAT PENNSYLVANIAN. 9 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE HIGHWAY IN DELAWARE COUNTY CARRYING 10 STATE ROUTE 291 FROM RIDLEY CREEK TO THE TRAINER BOROUGH LINE IS 11 HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE WILLIE MAE JAMES 12 LEAKE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. THE DESIGNATION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION 13 SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY PREVIOUS DESIGNATION OF THIS PORTION OF 14 HIGHWAY. 15 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT 16 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT EACH END OF THE HIGHWAY DISPLAYING THE 17 DESIGNATION MADE BY THIS SECTION. 18 SECTION 1.3. DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD MEMORIAL BRIDGE. 19 (A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND 20 DECLARES AS FOLLOWS: 21 (1) DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD WAS BORN IN 1926 IN CAMBRIDGE 22 SPRINGS AND GRADUATED IN 1949 FROM NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF 23 VETERINARY MEDICINE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 24 (2) DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD SERVED THE PUBLIC AND THE 25 COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ZONING 26 HEARING BOARD FROM MARCH 1979 UNTIL APRIL 1993. HE FURTHER 27 SERVED ON THE GENERAL MCLANE SCHOOL BOARD, WAS AN ACTIVE 28 MEMBER OF THE NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA VETERINARY MEDICAL 29 ASSOCIATION, THE MASONIC LODGE IN EDINBORO AND COUNTLESS 30 OTHER COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS UNTIL HIS DEATH ON 20060S1206B2216 - 4 -
1 SEPTEMBER 7, 2006. 2 (3) DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD WAS DEDICATED TO SERVING THE 3 PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY, AND HE DID SO WITH DISTINCTION AND 4 A TRUE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY. 5 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON INTERSTATE 79 CROSSING U.S. 6 ROUTE 6N IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, IS HEREBY 7 DESIGNATED AS THE DR. RAY F. BIRCHARD MEMORIAL BRIDGE. 8 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 9 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO INDICATE THE DESIGNATION UNDER 10 SUBSECTION (B). 11 SECTION 1.4. MAYOR JOHN D. MCCLELLAND HONORARY HIGHWAY. 12 (A) DESIGNATION.--FRONT STREET, A SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 13 4002, FROM PENNSYLVANIA ROUTES 8 AND 62 TO PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 14 417, IN THE VILLAGE OF ROCKY GROVE, BOROUGH OF SUGARCREEK, 15 VENANGO COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE MAYOR 16 JOHN D. MCCLELLAND HONORARY HIGHWAY. 17 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 18 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY 19 DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END OF THE DESIGNATED ROAD. 20 SECTION 1.5. WILLIAM F. RENWICK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 21 (A) FINDINGS.--WILLIAM F. RENWICK WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE 22 PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 23 28, 1981, AT THE AGE OF 65. HE WAS A UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 24 VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II, WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF 25 REPRESENTATIVES IN 1954 AND SERVED FOR 24 CONSECUTIVE YEARS 26 UNTIL 1978. HE WAS A LEADER IN SPORTSMEN'S AND ENVIRONMENTAL 27 ISSUES, A MEMBER OF THE ST. MARYS SPORTSMEN'S CLUB AND CHAIRMAN 28 OF THE GAME AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF 29 REPRESENTATIVES. HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF ST. MARYS BOROUGH 30 COUNCIL FROM 1945 TO 1949, WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS 20060S1206B2216 - 5 -
1 OF COLUMBUS, THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE BENEVOLENT AND 2 PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS. MR. RENWICK WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED AND 3 ADMIRED BY HIS CONSTITUENTS AND COLLEAGUES AS AN HONEST AND 4 DEDICATED POLITICIAN WHO WAS COMMITTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF HIS 5 COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH. 6 (B) DESIGNATION.--SR 255 FROM SR 948, FOX TOWNSHIP, ELK 7 COUNTY, TO THE FORMER ST. MARYS BOROUGH LINE IN ELK COUNTY IS 8 DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE WILLIAM F. RENWICK MEMORIAL 9 HIGHWAY. 10 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 11 MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY 12 DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (B) AT EACH END OF THE DESIGNATED 13 HIGHWAY. 14 SECTION 3. ALL ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS ARE REPEALED INSOFAR 15 AS THEY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT. 16 SECTION 3 4. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS: <-- 17 (1) THE ADDITION OF SECTION 1.1 OF THE ACT SHALL TAKE 18 EFFECT JULY 31, 2007. 19 (2) THE ADDITION OF SECTIONS 1.4 AND 1.5 OF THE ACT <-- 20 SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS. 21 (2) (3) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT <-- 22 IMMEDIATELY. D21L36DMS/20060S1206B2216 - 6 -