THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SONNEY, HORNAMAN, HARKINS, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, AUMENT, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, EVANKOVICH, FLECK, GABLER, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JOSEPHS, M. K. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METCALFE, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, TOEPEL AND WHEATLEY, APRIL 20, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 20, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating the westbound bridge carrying Interstate 90 over Six

Mile Creek in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, as the

Jarrid L. King Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Jarrid L. King Memorial Bridge.

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

follows:

(1)  Jarrid L. King expressed a desire to serve his

country at a young age and enlisted in the United States Army

in March 2009.

(2)  Corporal King left for active duty on April 1, 2009,

and was assigned to the 693rd Sapper Company, 7th Engineer

Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division,

Fort Drum, New York.

(3)  Corporal King was killed in Ghazni province,

Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011, while supporting Operation

Enduring Freedom, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an

improvised explosive device.

(b)  Designation.--The westbound bridge carrying Interstate

90 over Six Mile Creek in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, is

hereby designated and shall be known as the Jarrid L. King

Memorial Bridge.

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

maintain appropriate signs to traffic in the westbound direction

to indicate the designation under subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.