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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2282, 4507               PRINTER'S NO. 4513

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1723 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, GEORGE, GALLOWAY, SHIMKUS, DONATUCCI,
           SAINATO, HERSHEY, CALTAGIRONE, PARKER, MILLARD, YOUNGBLOOD,
           SURRA, PASHINSKI, BISHOP, HALUSKA, MARSHALL, GRUCELA, JAMES,
           R. TAYLOR, WOJNAROSKI, BROOKS, FLECK, BENNINGHOFF, LENTZ,
           BRENNAN, HARHAI, HORNAMAN, SANTONI, McCALL, WALKO, THOMAS,
           MANN, PHILLIPS, R. STEVENSON, MANTZ, READSHAW, KING, MAHONEY,
           M. O'BRIEN, RAMALEY, STABACK, PALLONE, KORTZ, MILNE AND MURT,
           JULY 9, 2007

        AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, OCTOBER 7, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Designating the bridge on State Route 322 joining Clearfield and  <--
     2     Centre Counties as the Veterans' Memorial Bridge.
     3  DESIGNATING A SECTION OF US ROUTE 15 IN TIOGA TOWNSHIP, TIOGA     <--
     4     COUNTY, AS THE SENATOR ROGER A. MADIGAN HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING
     5     THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 655 ON MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE,
     6     UNION TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN COUNTY, AS THE CURT ZOOK MEMORIAL
     7     BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE NEWTOWN 413 BYPASS AS THE OFFICER
     8     GREGG MEMORIAL BYPASS; AND DESIGNATING THE WALNUT STREET
     9     BRIDGE IN THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE
    10     MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

    11     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    12  hereby enacts as follows:
    13  Section 1.  Veterans' Memorial Bridge.                            <--
    14     (a)  Designation.--The bridge joining Clearfield and Centre
    15  Counties on State Route 322 is designated and shall be known as
    16  the Veterans' Memorial Bridge.
    17     (b)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
    18  maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the


     1  bridge designated in subsection (a) at each end of the bridge
     2  and at the sides of the bridge so that persons traveling on
     3  State Route 322 can see the designation referred to in
     4  subsection (a).
     5  Section 2.  Effective date.
     6     This act shall take effect in 60 days.
     7  SECTION 1.  (RESERVED).                                           <--
     8  SECTION 1.  SENATOR ROGER A. MADIGAN HIGHWAY.                     <--
     9     (A)  DESIGNATION.--THE NEW SECTION OF US ROUTE 15, OPENED ON
    10  OCTOBER 1, 2008, AND BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE
    11  ROUTE 287 IN TIOGA TOWNSHIP, TIOGA COUNTY, AND EXTENDING TO THE
    12  STATE LINE WITH NEW YORK, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS
    13  THE SENATOR ROGER A. MADIGAN HIGHWAY.
    14     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
    15  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
    16  HIGHWAY DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END.
    17  SECTION 2.  CURT ZOOK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
    18     (A)  DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND
    19  DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
    20         (1)  CHARLES CURTIS ZOOK'S DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO HIS
    21     COMMUNITY LED TO THE FORMATION OF VILLAGE PRIDE IN FEBRUARY
    22     1998. AS CHAIRMAN OF PROJECT IMPACT, A SUB-COMMITTEE OF
    23     VILLAGE PRIDE, MR. ZOOK ORCHESTRATED THE IMPROVEMENT OF
    24     DOWNTOWN BELLEVILLE TO LESSEN THE FLOOD DAMAGE AND EROSION ON
    25     THE KISHACOQUILLAS CREEK. THOUGH A TREMENDOUS VOLUNTEER
    26     EFFORT, MR. ZOOK AND THE ASSOCIATION RECEIVED OVER $780,000
    27     IN GRANT FUNDING TO ENLARGE THE CREEK'S FLOOD PLAIN, PROVIDE
    28     OPEN SPACE AND EXPAND THE BRIDGE THAT WILL NOW HONOR HIM AND
    29     FURTHER PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM FUTURE FLOODING; AND
    30         (2)  BORN IN BELLEVILLE, MIFFLIN COUNTY, MR. ZOOK
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     1     GRADUATED FROM MERCERSBURG ACADEMY, ATTENDED LAFAYETTE
     2     COLLEGE AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINES DURING THE
     3     KOREAN WAR;
     4         (3)  MR. ZOOK WAS MARRIED TO PATRICIA WOMELDORF ZOOK AND
     5     HAD THREE DAUGHTERS, LISA, LAURIE, AND LETITIA; AND
     6         (4)  AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, MR. ZOOK WAS PRESIDENT
     7     OF KA-VEE DAIRY, FOUNDED BY HIS FATHER AND ALSO WORKED FOR
     8     KEYSTONE FOOD SERVICE, WOMELDORF TRUCKING COMPANY AND RICH
     9     COAST COFFEE COMPANY; AND
    10         (5)  MR. ZOOK WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELLEVILLE LIONS CLUB,
    11     LEWISTOWN ROTARY CLUB, MARINE CORP LEAGUE, KA-VEE KAMP AND
    12     WEST KISHACOQUILLAS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND SERVED ON THE
    13     VILLAGE PRIDE ASSOCIATION AND MIFFLIN COUNTY INDUSTRIAL
    14     DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; AND
    15         (6)  CHARLES CURTIS ZOOK DIED ON JULY 16, 2008, AT 79
    16     YEARS OF AGE.
    17     (B)  DESIGNATION.--THE STATE ROUTE 655 BRIDGE ON MAIN STREET
    18  IN UNION TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE
    19  KNOWN AS THE CURT ZOOK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
    20     (C)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
    21  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
    22  BRIDGE DESIGNATED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) AT EACH END OF THE
    23  BRIDGE.
    24  SECTION 3.  OFFICER GREGG MEMORIAL BYPASS.
    25     (A)  DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 413 IN NEWTOWN
    26  TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE
    27  532 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE 95, KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE
    28  NEWTOWN 413 BYPASS, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE
    29  OFFICER GREGG MEMORIAL BYPASS.
    30     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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     1  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
     2  BYPASS DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END.
     3  SECTION 4.  MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
     4     (A)  DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON WALNUT STREET, CITY
     5  OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, KNOWN AS THE WALNUT STREET BRIDGE,
     6  IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL
     7  BRIDGE.
     8     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
     9  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
    10  TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
    11  SECTION 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.
    12     THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.












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