THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GROVE, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BOBACK, BRADFORD, BROOKS, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FLECK, FRANKEL, GABLER, GEORGE, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, HAHN, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, MAJOR, METCALFE, MICCARELLI, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, PERRY, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, SACCONE, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 10, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 10, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating the bridge on that portion of State Route 116 (York

Road) over a tributary to Codorus Creek in North Codorus

Township, York County, as the Corporal Luke S. Runyan and

Officer David Tome Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Corporal Luke S. Runyan and Officer David Tome

Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge.

(a)  Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and 

declares as follows:

(1)  Corporal Luke S. Runyan graduated from Spring Grove

Area High School, where he was on the tennis and swimming

teams.

(2)  Cpl. Runyan enlisted in the Army during his senior

year of high school. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,

23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd

Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington.

(3)  Cpl. Runyan was deployed to Iraq, where he died

February 17, 2008, when enemy forces ambushed his dismounted

patrol.

(4)  Cpl. Runyan is survived by his wife Courtney and

daughter Brynn.

(5)  Officer David Tome graduated from Spring Grove Area

High School in 1996. Following graduation, he enrolled at The

Pennsylvania State University and graduated in 2000.

(6)  In 2003, Officer Tome graduated from the 83rd Police

Academy at Harrisburg Area Community College and began his

career with the Northern York County Regional Police

Department.

(7)  Officer Tome died in the line of duty on October 21,

2008, while preparing to do forensic mapping for a vehicle

accident, when he was struck by a passing vehicle.

(8)  Officer Tome is survived by his wife, Dody, a son,

Elijah, and daughter, Josyln.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 116 (York

Road) over a tributary to Codorus Creek in North Codorus

Township, York County, is designated the Corporal Luke S. Runyan

and Officer David Tome Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge.

(c)  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.