THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY FARRY, DiGIROLAMO, GALLOWAY, SANTARSIERO, CLYMER, PETRI, QUINN, WATSON, DAVIS, BAKER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, DALEY, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, HAHN, HICKERNELL, KULA, MANN, MARSICO, MASSER, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, PAYNE, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, VULAKOVICH, BRADFORD AND DAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 10, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating U.S. Route 1 in Bucks County from mile marker 66.8

to mile marker 80.2 as the Detective Christopher Jones

Memorial Highway.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Detective Christopher Jones Memorial Highway.

(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Officer Chris Jones graduated from Bensalem High

School in 1989 and attended a criminal justice course at

Chapman University in California while serving in the United

States Navy for seven years.

(2)  Officer Jones was honorably discharged from the Navy

as a Petty Officer 2nd Class in 1996. After leaving the Navy,

he returned to Bucks County and worked at the Bucks County

Prison for two years as a corrections officer.

(3)  Officer Jones became a patrolman for Middletown

Township in 1998. He is the first officer to lose his life in

the line of duty in the history of the Middletown Township

Police Department.

(4)  Officer Jones was on a traffic stop on the

northbound side of Route 1 near I-95 on the morning of

January 29, 2009, when a tragic accident occurred that

resulted in his death.

(b)  Designation.--U.S. Route 1 in Bucks County from mile

marker 66.8 to mile marker 80.2 is designated as the Detective

Christopher Jones Memorial Highway.

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

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.