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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MOUL, APRIL 5, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 5, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating the bridge crossing Marsh Creek, joining Freedom |
2 | Township and Cumberland Township, Adams County, as the |
3 | Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. Grove Memorial Bridge. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. Grove |
7 | Memorial Bridge. |
8 | (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as |
9 | follows: |
10 | (1) David L. Grove was born March 5, 1979, in |
11 | Chambersburg, Franklin County, and graduated from Grace |
12 | Academy in Hagerstown in 1997. He received his bachelor's |
13 | degree in Wildlife Sciences from The Pennsylvania State |
14 | University in 2004. |
15 | (2) Wildlife Conservation Officer (WCO) Grove completed |
16 | training and certification at the Ross Leffler School of |
17 | Conservation and became a wildlife conservation officer for |
18 | the Pennsylvania Game Commission. |
19 | (3) WCO Grove served Southern Adams County since 2008, |
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1 | having first worked as a deputy WCO in Franklin and Centre |
2 | Counties from 2001 until 2007. |
3 | (4) WCO Grove took great pride in his work and was a |
4 | dedicated, determined and exceptional wildlife conservation |
5 | officer who enthusiastically fulfilled his duties to protect |
6 | and promote Pennsylvania's wildlife populations. |
7 | (5) WCO Grove gave his life on November 11, 2010, in |
8 | Freedom Township, Adams County, in the performance of the |
9 | duties he so readily accepted. His heroic actions, after a |
10 | tragic confrontation, led to the arrest and prosecution of |
11 | his assailant. |
12 | (b) Designation.—-The bridge crossing Marsh Creek, joining |
13 | Freedom Township and Cumberland Township, Adams County, is |
14 | hereby designated the Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. |
15 | Grove Memorial Bridge. |
16 | (c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
17 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
18 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
19 | Section 2. Effective date. |
20 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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