PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 78
PRINTER'S NO. 2000
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
88
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DAY, KNOWLES, COX, BARRAR, LONGIETTI, DUSH,
CAUSER, BROWNLEE, HENNESSEY, PAYNE, DiGIROLAMO, FREEMAN,
CALTAGIRONE, MACKENZIE, COHEN, SCHLOSSBERG, PASHINSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD, D. COSTA, TOEPEL, MILLARD, J. HARRIS, McNEILL,
KIM, HARHART, READSHAW, MARSICO, TALLMAN, GILLEN, GROVE,
WATSON, GOODMAN, SAMUELSON, FARINA, SCHWEYER, MURT, CONKLIN,
HAHN, JOZWIAK, GABLER, A. HARRIS, VEREB, M. K. KELLER, MAJOR,
McCARTER, GIBBONS, PEIFER, DONATUCCI, SONNEY, KORTZ, ENGLISH,
THOMAS, DAVIS AND DAWKINS, JANUARY 21, 2015
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 30, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 309 North in Lynn Township,
Lehigh County, between the intersections of Northwest Road
and Long Court and Mosserville Road and Mountain Road, as the
Lance Corporal Brandon J. Van Parys Memorial Road.;
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2014 IN LYCOMING COUNTY
AS THE PETTY OFFICER THOMAS JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 61 IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY,
FROM STATE ROUTE 443 TO STATE ROUTE 2014, AS THE CAPTAIN
JASON B. JONES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF
STATE ROUTE 254 IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY AS THE STAFF
SERGEANT THOMAS ALLEN BAYSORE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING
THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 443 WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL
BOUNDARIES OF ORWIGSBURG BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, AS THE
CORPORAL DAVID F. HEISER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A
PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 15 IN LYCOMING COUNTY AS THE KELLY RAE
MERTES DUI AWARENESS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION
OF STATE ROUTE 153 FROM SEGMENT 80 TO SEGMENT 310 IN
CLEARFIELD COUNTY AS THE AUSTIN M. HARRIER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 422 IN LEBANON COUNTY AS
THE OFFICER MICHAEL H. WISE II MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING
EXIT 26 FROM THE MON-FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY IN LUZERNE TOWNSHIP,
FAYETTE COUNTY, AS THE RONALD F. DESALVO MEMORIAL
INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF DAVISVILLE ROAD IN
UPPER MORELAND TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, FROM STATE ROUTE
611, ALSO KNOWN AS YORK ROAD, TO TERWOOD ROAD AS THE PFC
ROBERT S. ALEXANDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A
PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 22/322 IN JUNIATA COUNTY AS THE
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HONORABLE DANIEL F. CLARK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lance Corporal Brandon J. Van Parys Memorial Road.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Brandon J. Van Parys was born in Norristown,
Pennsylvania, on November 2, 1986, and, in 2005, graduated
from Northwestern Lehigh High School, New Tripoli.
(2) After high school, he attended Lehigh Career
Technical Institute where he took courses in law enforcement.
(3) In November 2005, motivated by the terrorist attacks
on September 11, 2001, to serve his country, he enlisted in
the United States Marine Corps.
(4) Lance Corporal Van Parys was a member of the 3rd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
(5) On February 5, 2007, in Anbar Province, Iraq, Lance
Corporal Van Parys was tragically killed by a rocket-
propelled grenade while his unit was attempting to secure an
area along the Euphrates River.
(6) Lance Corporal Van Parys heroically paid the supreme
sacrifice for the country he loved.
(7) Lance Corporal Van Parys was posthumously awarded
the Purple Heart for his courageous service to his country.
He is survived by his father, Alan, and his wife, Tammy; his
mother, Catherine Hearn and her husband, Gregory; his
brothers, Christopher Van Parys, Daniel Van Parys, Samuel
Hearn and Jesse Hearn; and his sister, Ashley Hearn.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 309 North in
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Lynn Township, Lehigh County, between the intersections of
Northwest Road and Long Court and Mosserville Road and Mountain
Road is hereby designated as the Lance Corporal Brandon J. Van
Parys Memorial Road.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
subsection (b).
SECTION 2. PETTY OFFICER THOMAS JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 10, 1963, THE USS THRESHER
BEGAN A DEEP DIVING TEST ABOUT 200 MILES TO THE EAST OF CAPE
COD, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH THE SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP USS
SKYLARK STANDING BY OVERHEAD.
(2) THE USS THRESHER WAS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD AND WAS
THE LEAD BOAT IN A NEW CLASS OF NUCLEAR POWERED, FAST ATTACK
SUBMARINES DESIGNED TO BE A WEAPON OF DETERRENCE AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR AND WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST ADVANCED
NAVAL VESSEL OF ITS TIME.
(3) AT 9:03 A.M., THE USS SKYLARK RECEIVED A GARBLED
TRANSMISSION OVER THE UNDERWATER TELEPHONE REPORTING THAT THE
USS THRESHER WAS EXPERIENCING MINOR DIFFICULTIES.
(4) THE USS THRESHER AND THE 129 MEN IT CARRIED,
INCLUDING 17 CIVILIANS, NEVER RETURNED TO THE SURFACE.
(5) THE LOSS OF THE USS THRESHER IS ONE OF THE WORST
SUBMARINE DISASTERS THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
(6) AFTER THE TRAGEDY, THE NAVY CREATED SUBSAFE, A
SAFETY PROGRAM THAT HAS ENSURED THAT NO SUBMARINE PASSING
THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVER SUFFERS A SIMILAR FATE.
(7) PETTY OFFICER THOMAS JOHNSON WAS ABOARD THE USS
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THRESHER THAT DAY AND SACRIFICED HIS LIFE IN SERVICE TO HIS
COUNTRY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2014 IN
LYCOMING COUNTY FROM FORESMAN STREET IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSPORT
TO STATE ROUTE 220 IN WOODWARD TOWNSHIP, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
THE PETTY OFFICER THOMAS JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 3. CAPTAIN JASON B. JONES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CAPTAIN JASON B. JONES, A NATIVE OF ORWIGSBURG,
GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM BLUE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 2003,
HAVING EARNED EIGHT VARSITY LETTERS.
(2) IN 2007, CAPTAIN JONES GRADUATED SIXTH IN HIS CLASS
FROM WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY WITH A DEGREE IN NUCLEAR
ENGINEERING.
(3) CAPTAIN JONES WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR FOR HIS
PERFORMANCE DURING DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ IN 2008 TO 2009.
(4) IN MAY 2013, CAPTAIN JONES COMPLETED THE SPECIAL
FORCES QUALIFICATION COURSE TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE ARMY
SPECIAL FORCES, KNOWN AS THE GREEN BERETS, AND WAS DEPLOYED
TO AFGHANISTAN IN APRIL 2014.
(5) WHILE SERVING AS COMMANDER OF A 12-MAN SPECIAL
FORCES A-TEAM IN JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN, CAPTAIN JONES, AGE
29, MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR HIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS
KILLED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 61 IN
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, FROM STATE ROUTE 443 TO STATE ROUTE 2014, IS
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HEREBY DESIGNATED THE CAPTAIN JASON B. JONES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 4. STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS ALLEN BAYSORE MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS ALLEN BAYSORE WAS A NATIVE OF
MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, AND A GRADUATE OF MILTON SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL.
(2) UPON GRADUATION, STAFF SERGEANT BAYSORE ENLISTED IN
THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
(3) STAFF SERGEANT BAYSORE'S DISTINGUISHED 12-YEAR
CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INCLUDED THREE DEPLOYMENTS
TO AFGHANISTAN AND ONE DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ.
(4) STAFF SERGEANT BAYSORE'S AWARDS AND CITATIONS
INCLUDE THREE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDALS, FIVE ARMY ACHIEVEMENT
MEDALS, VALOROUS UNIT AWARD, ARMY SUPERIOR UNIT AWARD, FOUR
ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL,
THREE AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDALS, IRAQ CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH
ARROWHEAD, GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL, TWO
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIBBONS,
ARMY SERVICE RIBBON, OVERSEAS RIBBON, NATO DEFENSE MEDAL,
U.S. ARMY BASIC RECRUITER BADGE-SILVER WITH TWO GOLD
ACHIEVEMENT STARS, THREE U.S. ARMY BASIC RECRUITER BADGE-GOLD
WITH THREE STAR SAPPHIRES, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN'S BADGE, EXPERT
INFANTRYMAN'S BADGE, AIR ASSAULT BADGE, PARACHUTIST BADGE,
PARACHUTIST BADGE WITH DISTINGUISHED DEVICE, BRONZE SERVICE
STAR AND EXPERT MARKSMANSHIP BADGE.
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(5) STAFF SERGEANT BAYSORE WAS MOST RECENTLY ASSIGNED TO
CHARLIE COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH
BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, AT FORT
CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, AS A SQUAD LEADER.
(6) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013, STAFF SERGEANT BAYSORE MADE
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SELFLESS SERVICE TO HIS NATION
DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN PAKTYA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN.
(7) STAFF SERGEANT BAYSORE IS REMEMBERED AS A LOVING
FATHER TO HIS SON, DARREN, A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE,
JAMIE, AND A CHERISHED SON AND BROTHER TO HIS PARENTS AND
SISTERS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 254 IN
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY WHERE IT PASSES UNDER STATE ROUTE 147 TO
WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH STATE ROUTE 54 IN MONTOUR COUNTY IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED THE STAFF SERGEANT THOMAS ALLEN BAYSORE
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 5. CORPORAL DAVID F. HEISER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CORPORAL DAVID F. HEISER WAS BORN IN ORWIGSBURG ON
SEPTEMBER 2, 1947, AND GREW UP IN THE BOROUGH. HE GRADUATED
FROM BLUE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965.
(2) IN MARCH 1968, CORPORAL HEISER ANSWERED THE CALL OF
DUTY AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE HIS
COUNTRY. HE TRAINED AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, AS AN
INFANTRYMAN AND AS AN ARMY MEDIC.
(3) IN SEPTEMBER 1968, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF
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CORPORAL AND WAS SENT TO VIETNAM. HIS PLATOON WAS AMBUSHED ON
FEBRUARY 2, 1969, IN BINH DUONG, VIETNAM, AND HE WAS KILLED
IN ACTION AS A DIRECT RESULT OF RECEIVING ENEMY FIRE ON THAT
MISSION. HE WAS SERVING AS A MEDIC FOR HIS PLATOON WHEN HIS
LIFE WAS TAKEN.
(4) CORPORAL HEISER RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL FOR
HIS FATAL INJURIES IN BINH DUONG AND THE BRONZE STAR WITH
VALOR FOR HIS COURAGEOUS ACTIONS THAT DAY. HE IS BURIED AT
KIMMELS CHURCH OF GOD CEMETERY IN ORWIGSBURG, SCHUYLKILL
COUNTY.
(5) CORPORAL HEISER IS REMEMBERED AND HONORED ON PANEL
33W, ROW 40 OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON,
DC.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 443 FROM THE
EASTERN BOUNDARY OF ORWIGSBURG BOROUGH AT STATE ROUTE 443 AND
FAITH AVENUE THROUGH ORWIGSBURG BOROUGH TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY
OF ORWIGSBURG BOROUGH AT SETON MANOR, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED THE CORPORAL DAVID F. HEISER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 6. KELLY RAE MERTES DUI AWARENESS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1986, IN WILLIAMSPORT, KELLY RAE
MERTES WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH,
A RECENT HONORS GRADUATE OF BISHOP NEUMANN HIGH SCHOOL AND A
GIFTED ARTIST ATTENDING PHOTOGRAPHY COLLEGE IN LANCASTER.
(2) ON FEBRUARY 5, 2005, KELLY MERTES' LIFE WAS
TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT WHEN, AT 19 YEARS OF AGE, SHE WAS KILLED
BY A DRUNK DRIVER NEARLY FIVE TIMES OVER THE LEGAL BLOOD
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ALCOHOL LIMIT.
(3) SINCE THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER, THE MERTES FAMILY
HAS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS TIRELESSLY SUPPORTED THE LYCOMING
COUNTY DUI TASKFORCE TO PREVENT ANOTHER TRAGEDY FROM
OCCURRING.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 15 IN LYCOMING
COUNTY FROM THE MARKET STREET/HASTINGS STREET INTERSECTION TO
STATE ROUTE 15/54 IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE KELLY RAE MERTES DUI
AWARENESS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 7. AUSTIN M. HARRIER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) AUSTIN M. HARRIER WAS BORN ON APRIL 7, 1912, IN
SHILOH, PENNSYLVANIA, AND DIED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2000.
(2) IN 1930, AUSTIN HARRIER GRADUATED FROM CLEARFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN 1936 HE GRADUATED FROM LOCK HAVEN STATE
TEACHERS COLLEGE.
(3) AFTER WORKING FOR 15 YEARS AS A TEACHER AND LATER AS
AN INSURANCE AGENT AND MANAGER, MR. HARRIER WAS ELECTED TO
REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THE 74TH DISTRICT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(4) REPRESENTATIVE HARRIER SERVED AS STATE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM 1962 THROUGH 1974, DURING WHICH TIME HE
WORKED TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE ROUTE
153.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 153 IN
CLEARFIELD COUNTY FROM SEGMENT 80 TO SEGMENT 310 IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE AUSTIN M. HARRIER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
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(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 8. OFFICER MICHAEL H. WISE II MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) OFFICER MICHAEL H. WISE II WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
LEBANON COUNTY. HE GRADUATED IN 1990 FROM CEDAR CREST HIGH
SCHOOL AND IN 1993 FROM THE CENTER FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN
PITTSBURGH.
(2) AFTER SERVING AS AN EMT AND PARAMEDIC IN LEBANON,
AND LATER FOR SIX YEARS IN PITTSBURGH, OFFICER WISE RETURNED
TO HIS ROOTS IN LEBANON COUNTY AND SETTLED IN MYERSTOWN.
(3) IN 2002, OFFICER WISE FULFILLED HIS LIFELONG DREAM
OF A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN HE WAS HIRED AS A POLICE
OFFICER BY THE CITY OF READING AND GRADUATED FROM THE READING
POLICE ACADEMY.
(4) OFFICER WISE WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY ON JUNE 5, 2004.
(5) OFFICER WISE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER,
PARENTS, SISTER AND EXTENDED FAMILY.
(6) OFFICER WISE'S MEMORY LIVES ON THROUGH THE MICHAEL
H. WISE II FOUNDATION.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 422 IN LEBANON
COUNTY FROM RAMONA ROAD TO THE LEBANON/BERKS COUNTY LINE IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED THE OFFICER MICHAEL H. WISE II MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
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SECTION 9. RONALD F. DESALVO MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RONALD F. DESALVO HONORABLY SERVED AS A TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR IN LUZERNE TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, FOR 18 YEARS.
(2) SUPERVISOR DESALVO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THE
EFFORT TO HAVE THE MON-FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY COMPLETED,
INCLUDING A SECTION THAT RUNS THROUGH LUZERNE TOWNSHIP.
(3) SUPERVISOR DESALVO PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 6, 2013.
(B) DESIGNATION.--EXIT 26 FROM THE MON-FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY IN
LUZERNE TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE
RONALD F. DESALVO MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE
INTERCHANGE.
SECTION 10. PFC ROBERT S. ALEXANDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF DAVISVILLE ROAD IN UPPER
MORELAND TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, FROM STATE ROUTE 611, ALSO
KNOWN AS YORK ROAD, TO TERWOOD ROAD IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE PFC
ROBERT S. ALEXANDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY FOR PFC ALEXANDER'S SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 11. THE HONORABLE DANIEL F. CLARK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) DANIEL F. CLARK WAS A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTING THE 82ND
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FROM 1989 UNTIL 2002. THE 82ND DISTRICT
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INCLUDES ALL OF JUNIATA COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF MIFFLIN AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
(2) A NATIVE OF MIFFLINTOWN, DAN WAS A 1972 GRADUATE OF
EAST JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL, 1976 GRADUATE OF LYCOMING COLLEGE,
AND 1979 GRADUATE OF DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.
(3) DAN WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS DEDICATION AS A PUBLIC
SERVANT. HE SERVED AS THE JUNIATA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FROM 1984 TO 1988 AND WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1988.
(4) REPRESENTATIVE CLARK SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED
AS ONE OF THE LEAD PROSECUTORS IN THE CASE TO IMPEACH SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE ROLF LARSEN. HIS INVOLVEMENT WAS DESCRIBED AS A
"FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY".
(5) REPRESENTATIVE CLARK WAS ALSO A TIRELESS ADVOCATE
FOR EXPANDING THE ROUTE 322 CORRIDOR DURING HIS TIME IN THE
LEGISLATURE. HE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT IN THE REGION AND PUT IN THE HARD WORK TO MAKE
SURE IT HAPPENED. TO DAN'S CREDIT, HIS VISION FOR A
MODERNIZED TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
CAME TO FRUITION AND BROUGHT WITH IT A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR MANY CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIANS AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY IN THE REGION.
(6) DAN WOULD RETURN AGAIN TO THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN DECEMBER OF 2010 TO SERVE AS CHIEF COUNSEL
TO THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
(7) DAN CLARK WAS WELL RESPECTED IN HIS COMMUNITY AND
ENJOYED TRAVELING, PLAYING GOLF, PENN STATE FOOTBALL AND
SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
(8) SADLY, ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2014, DAN CLARK PASSED AWAY
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AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.
(9) HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, DEBBIE, AND HIS
CHILDREN, BENJAMIN, ANNA, AND LIZ. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO
BROTHERS, THOMAS AND DAVID, STEP-DAUGHTERS, VALERIE AND
JESSICA, AND STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, TINO AND ALANNA.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 22/322 IN
JUNIATA COUNTY FROM THE MIFFLINTOWN EXIT TO THE JUNIATA/PERRY
COUNTY LINE, STATE ROUTE 22/322 EASTBOUND SEGMENT 180/OFFSET
2469 TO SEGMENT 450/OFFSET 2616 AND STATE ROUTE 22/322 WESTBOUND
SEGMENT 191/OFFSET 0000 TO SEGMENT 451/OFFSET 2507, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE HONORABLE DANIEL F. CLARK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
Section 2 12. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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