1Designating a bridge on that portion of 17th Street over State
2Route 56 in Windber Borough, Somerset County, as the Trooper
3Joseph Sepp Memorial Bridge.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1. Trooper Joseph Sepp Memorial Bridge.

7(a)  Findings.--

8(1)  State Trooper Joseph Sepp, of the Pennsylvania State
9Police, died on November 10, 2002, in the line of duty.

10(2)  Trooper Sepp began his service to the Pennsylvania
11State Police on February 24, 1992, following his graduation
12from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy on July 16, 1992.

13(3) Over 1,200 law enforcement officers were in
14attendance at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in
15Windber, Pennsylvania on November 14, 2002, to honor Trooper
16Sepp. Governor Mark Schweiker noted, "Trooper Sepp did not

1swerve from the path of duty, and for that every
2Pennsylvanian is in his debt."

3(4)  Trooper Sepp served his Commonwealth and community
4with courage and distinction.

5(b) Designation.--The bridge located on 17th Street over
6State Route 56 in Windber Borough, Somerset County, is hereby
7designated the Trooper Joseph Sepp Memorial Bridge.

8(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
9maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
10traffic in both directions on the highway.

11Section 2. Effective date.

12This act shall take effect immediately.