THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY TALLMAN, BARBIN, BRADFORD, BROOKS, CAUSER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, HARPER, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MALONEY, MARSICO, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TAYLOR AND VULAKOVICH, DECEMBER 7, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 7, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating a bridge carrying State Route 94 over Bermudian

Creek in Latimore Township, Adams County, as the Sgt. Michael

C. Weigand Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge.

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

declares as follows:

(1)  Sergeant Michael C. Weigand graduated from Bermudian

Springs High School in 2002.

(2)  After graduating high school Sergeant Weigand

attended the Allegheny County Police Academy and graduated in

2003.

(3)  Sergeant Weigand joined the York Springs/Latimore

Township Regional Police Department and Littlestown Police

Department.

(4)  Sergeant Weigand went back to school to become a

D.A.R.E. officer for Bermudian Springs School District.

(5)  Sergeant Weigand was later promoted to sergeant at

the Latimore Township Police Department, where his father is

chief.

(6)  On September 14, 2008, while on duty escorting a

charity event, Sergeant Weigand was killed by a pickup truck

which was out of control.

(7)  Sergeant Weigand is survived by his wife, Amanda;

daughter, Lanie; parents, Michael and Kimberly Weigand; and

two sisters, Melanie Karpinski and Erin Jo Bevenour.

(b)  Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 94

over Bermudian Creek in Latimore Township, Adams County, is

designated as the Sgt. Michael C. Weigand Memorial Bridge.

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

maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under

subsection (b).

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.