HOUSE AMENDED

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, MELLOW, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BOSCOLA, BRUBAKER, COSTA, DINNIMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, LOGAN, MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, PIPPY, STACK, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON, WARD, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE, M. WHITE, MENSCH, WOZNIAK, YAW AND SCARNATI, APRIL 14, 2010

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 2, 2010   

AN ACT

Designating Interstate Route I-84 84, within the borders of

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Pennsylvania this Commonwealth, as the Fallen Trooper

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Memorial Highway; and designating a bridge in Clarks Summit,

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Lackawanna County, as the John E. Fitzgerald Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds as follows:

(1)  The Pennsylvania State Police, created by Governor

Samuel W. Pennypacker on May 2, 1905, became the first

uniformed police organization of its kind in the United

States and a model for other state police agencies throughout

the nation.

(2)  For more than a century, the Pennsylvania State

Police has forged a reputation for law enforcement

excellence, with its officers always prepared to give their

lives to save others.

(3)  The core purpose of the Pennsylvania State Police is

to seek justice, preserve peace and improve the quality of

life for all.

(4)  The core values of the Pennsylvania State Police are

honor, service, integrity, respect, trust, courage and duty.

(5)  Each trooper swears to "be of service to anyone who

may be in danger or distress, and at all times so conduct

myself that the honor of the force may be upheld."

(6)  On September 2, 1906, the first two Pennsylvania

State troopers were killed in the line of duty.

(7)  No fewer than 93 Pennsylvania State Troopers have

given their lives to protect the citizens of this

Commonwealth.

(8)  In order to honor the finest law enforcement agency

of its kind in the nation and its members that have made the

ultimate sacrifice, it is fitting that Interstate Route 84 be

officially designated as "Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway."

Section 2.  Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway.

(a)  Designation.--Interstate Route I-84 84, within the

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borders of Pennsylvania this Commonwealth, is hereby designated

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as the Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway.

(b)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions.

Section 3.  John E. Fitzgerald Memorial Bridge.

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(a)  Findings.--John E. Fitzgerald was a civil engineer who

worked on the construction of the designated bridge and later

became the first superintendent of the Northeast Extension of

the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He served in that capacity for 13

years before retiring.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge on the Northeast Extension

located in Clarks Summit, which crosses over Routes 6 and 11 in

Lackawanna County, is hereby designated and shall be known as

the John E. Fitzgerald Memorial Bridge.

(c)  Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect

and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge

to traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 3 4.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.