THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY STABACK, JANUARY 19, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 19, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating a bridge on that portion of S.R. 1012 over the

Lackawanna River, Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County, as the

Police Chief Thomas J. Malone Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1)  Thomas J. Malone faithfully carried out the duties

of a police officer for the Borough of Archbald, Lackawanna

County, for over 50 years.

(2)  Thomas J. Malone was appointed Chief of the Archbald

Borough Police Department in 1938 and served in that capacity

until his retirement in 1973.

(3)  Thomas J. Malone was elected from among his peers as

President of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.

(4)  Thomas J. Malone was often stationed as a crossing

guard at the middle bridge on Wayne Street in Archbald

Borough to care for and assist children going to and from the

Archbald High School and the parochial school.

(5)  Thomas J. Malone died on January 1, 1983.

(6)  Thomas J. Malone contributed much to his communuity

and is missed as a valued public servant.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Police Chief Thomas J. Malone Memorial Bridge.

(a)  Designation.--The bridge located on S.R. 1012 in

Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County, over the Lackawanna River,

is hereby designated the Police Chief Thomas J. Malone Memorial

Bridge.

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

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.