Regular Session 2015-2016 House Bill 0501 P.N. 2001

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 558, 1319

PRINTER'S NO. 2001

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

501

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY M. K. KELLER, BLOOM, ACOSTA, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF,

CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, COX, DEASY, DiGIROLAMO,

DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, DUSH, FARINA, GRELL, HARHART, A. HARRIS,

HELM, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KIM, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES,

LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, McNEILL, MILLARD, MUSTIO,

PAYNE, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW, REGAN, SCHWEYER, SONNEY,

TALLMAN, THOMAS, WHEELAND, MURT, CONKLIN, WATSON, HAHN,

SAINATO, VEREB, GOODMAN, GILLEN, GABLER, KORTZ, DAVIS AND

BROWNLEE, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 30, 2015

AN ACT

Designating the Conodoguinet Bridge on that portion of State

Route 641 over the Conodoguinet Creek, Hopewell Township,

Cumberland County, as the Army Pfc. Harold "Sam" E. Barrick

Memorial Bridge.; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON THAT

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 865, OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND MAIN

STREET IN BELLWOOD, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE DOMINEC M. "PATSY"

PADULA MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON THAT

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 940 OVER TOBYHANNA CREEK (POCONO LAKE)

IN TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, AS THE SULLIVAN BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 155 OVER

THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PORT ALLEGANY BOROUGH AND LIBERTY

TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY, AS THE PORT ALLEGANY VETERANS

MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF

LOCAL ROUTE T-325 OVER THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, COUDERSPORT

BOROUGH, POTTER COUNTY, AS THE LT. WILLIAM E. DAISLEY, JR.,

MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF

STATE ROUTE 3005 OVER THE OUTLET OF LILY LAKE, CONYNGHAM

TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY, AS THE SENIOR OFFICER ERIC J.

WILLIAMS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON THAT

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3005 OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF THE

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS

THE 1ST LIEUTENANT WENDELL ELBERT ROSS MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 3007 OVER

THE REDBANK CREEK, SUMMERVILLE BOROUGH, JEFFERSON COUNTY, AS

THE SUMMERVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; AND RENAMING THE

BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER U.S. ROUTE 422

IN EBENSBURG BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE ALEXANDER MILLER

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ABERCROMBIE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Army Pfc. Harold "Sam" E. Barrick Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Harold "Sam" E. Barrick was born on December 16,

1947, in Newville, Cumberland County, and graduated from Big

Spring High School in 1965.

(2) He joined the United States Army and entered service

in August 1967 and served with the American division in

Vietnam beginning January 1968.

(3) Pfc. Harold "Sam" E. Barrick was killed in action in

Vietnam on April 8, 1968.

(4) Prior to his death, Pfc. Barrick was awarded the

National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and

the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon.

(5) He also received the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple

Heart and the Good Conduct Medal, which were awarded

posthumously.

(b) Designation.--The Conodoguinet Bridge located on State

Route 641 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, over the

Conodoguinet Creek is hereby designated the Army Pfc. Harold

"Sam" E. Barrick Memorial Bridge.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

SECTION 2. DOMINEC M. "PATSY" PADULA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS

AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:

(1) TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE DOMINEC MICHELE PADULA SERVED

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WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 629TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION,

UNITED STATES ARMY, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER DURING WORLD WAR

II.

(2) HE WAS INDUCTED INTO SERVICE ON DECEMBER 10, 1941,

AND SERVED UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 27, 1945.

HIS FOREIGN SERVICE WAS FROM JANUARY 9, 1944, UNTIL OCTOBER

13, 1945.

(3) DOMINEC PADULA RECEIVED FIVE BRONZE STARS DURING THE

FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS:

(I) NORMANDY, OMAHA BEACH.

(II) NORTHERN FRANCE.

(III) RHINELAND.

(IV) ARDENNES, BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

(V) CENTRAL EUROPE.

(4) ADDITIONALLY, HE EARNED THE FOLLOWING MEDALS:

(I) GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.

(II) AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE MEDAL.

(III) EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL.

(5) DOMINEC PADULA WAS BORN IN THE RIEGHTOWN SECTION OF

BELLWOOD ON FEBRUARY 23, 1919, OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS FROM

AQUAVIVA D'ISERNIA, ITALY. HE MARRIED EVELYN SNYDER AND WAS

THE FATHER OF MICHAEL RICHARD PADULA AND DAVID ALLEN PADULA,

GRANDFATHER TO BETHANY LOUISE (NEE) PADULA MALLINO AND

BENJAMIN DAVID PADULA AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER TO MARGARET

KATHRYN MALLINO AND ABIGAIL LOUISE MALLINO. HE PASSED AWAY

MAY 5, 2008, IN ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

(6) HE WORKED FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AT SEVERAL

LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE JUNIATA SHOPS, ALTOONA'S FREIGHT AND

CABOOSE SHOPS AND THE SAMUEL REA SHOPS IN HOLLIDAYSBURG. HE

WAS EMPLOYED FROM MARCH 31, 1941, WITH A GAP IN EMPLOYMENT

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FOR WORLD WAR II, UNTIL HE RETIRED ON MAY 27, 1980, WITH OVER

39 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF

STATE ROUTE 865, OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND MAIN STREET IN

BELLWOOD, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE DOMINEC M. "PATSY"

PADULA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO INDICATE THE DESIGNATION

UNDER SUBSECTION (B).

SECTION 3. SULLIVAN BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS

AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:

(1) IN 1779, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON ORDERED GENERAL

JOHN SULLIVAN TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE CONTINENTAL

ARMY INTO UPSTATE NEW YORK. THE PURPOSE WAS TO QUASH THE

ALIGNED BRITISH AND SIX NATIONS OF THE IROQUOIS, WHO WERE

INVADING WILKES-BARRE, KILLING HUNDREDS OF MILITARY AND

CIVILIANS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE BRITISH WAS TO GAIN

CONTROL OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO

BALTIMORE, SPLITTING THE COLONIES TO END THE REBELLION.

(2) AS THE ARMY GATHERED IN EASTON, THERE WAS NO ROAD

OVER THE POCONO MOUNTAINS TO ACCOMMODATE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS,

HORSES, WAGONS, CANNONS AND SUPPLIES. TWO REGIMENTS OF 500

MILITARY ROAD BUILDERS ACCOMPLISHED THE TASK IN JUST SIX

WEEKS, FROM TANNERSVILLE TO WILKES-BARRE. IT WAS A DESOLATE

AREA OF FORESTS AND SWAMPS, REQUIRING A HERCULEAN EFFORT WITH

JUST HAND TOOLS. THE WORST SECTION, KNOWN AS THE GREAT SWAMP,

WAS LOCATED IN WHAT IS NOW TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP. THE ONLY

BRIDGE THE MILITARY ROAD BUILDERS NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT FOR THE

NEW ROAD WAS OVER THE TOBYHANNA CREEK. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY

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NAMED SULLIVAN BRIDGE BY THE CONSTRUCTION ARMY. THROUGH THE

YEARS, THE BRIDGE NAMING WAS FORGOTTEN AND SHOULD RIGHTFULLY

BE RESTORED.

(3) SULLIVAN'S EXPEDITION WAS A SUCCESS, REMARKABLY WITH

FEWER THAN 50 FATALITIES. IT STOPPED THE BRITISH IN THEIR

TRACKS, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE BIRTH OF OUR

NATION. EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE IS THAT THE NEW ROAD, SULLIVAN'S

TRAIL OVER THE POCONO MOUNTAIN, OPENED THE REGION TO

SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BY CONNECTING NORTHEASTERN

PENNSYLVANIA AND UPSTATE NEW YORK TO THE PHILADELPHIA AREA

AND ITS PORT.

(4) TODAY, SULLIVAN BRIDGE CONTINUES TO SIGNIFICANTLY

SERVE THE REGION. STATE ROUTE 940 PROVIDES IMPORTANT ACCESS

TO WESTERN MONROE COUNTY AND POINTS BEYOND. IT SERVES AS THE

MAJOR ALTERNATIVE TO INTERSTATE 80 IN CASES OF EMERGENCIES ON

THE HEAVILY TRAVELED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. IT IS AT THE CENTER

OF RECREATIONAL TOURISM FOR THE POCONOS, ALLOWING THOUSANDS

TO ENJOY THE STREAMS, LAKES, FORESTS AND ALL THAT ABOUNDS IN

THE AREA.

(5) THE BRIDGE, NAMED FOR GENERAL JOHN SULLIVAN,

REPRESENTS THE NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGION'S VITAL ROLE

IN PRESERVING OVER TIME OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF

STATE ROUTE 940, OVER TOBYHANNA CREEK (POCONO LAKE) IN TOBYHANNA

TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE SULLIVAN

BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO INDICATE THE DESIGNATION UNDER

SUBSECTION (B).

SECTION 4. PORT ALLEGANY VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT

PORT ALLEGANY BOROUGH AND LIBERTY TOWNSHIP WISH TO HONOR THEIR

CITIZENS WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OUR NATION IN

THE ARMED FORCES.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 155 AT

SEGMENT 0160 OFFSET 2314 OVER THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PORT ALLEGANY

BOROUGH AND LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY, IS HEREBY

DESIGNATED AS THE PORT ALLEGANY VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 5. LIEUTENANT WILLIAM E. DAISLEY, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) LT. WILLIAM E. DAISLEY, JR., WAS AN OUTSTANDING

SCHOLAR, ROLE MODEL AND ATHLETE AT COUDERSPORT AREA HIGH

SCHOOL.

(2) LT. DAISLEY ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. NAVAL

ACADEMY AND GRADUATED WITH HIGH HONORS.

(3) LT. DAISLEY WAS AN A-6 PILOT AND LANDING SIGNAL

OFFICER ASSIGNED TO ATTACK SQUADRON 34.

(4) ON MARCH 15, 1993, LT. DAISLEY AND LIEUTENANT

COMMANDER FRED D. DILLINGHAM WERE CONDUCTING AN F-14

FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT AS PART OF A TRAINING EXERCISE OFF THE

COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR PLANE FAILED TO RETURN.

(5) NAVY AND COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT STARTED SEARCH AND

RESCUE OPERATIONS AND THE WRECKAGE FROM THE F-14 WAS SPOTTED

LATER THAT AFTERNOON 20 MILES EAST OF NAGS HEAD, NORTH

CAROLINA, AND THE AVIATORS' BODIES WERE NEVER RECOVERED.

(6) LT. DAISLEY IS CONSISTENTLY REFERRED TO AS AN

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INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE BY HIS FRIENDS, CLASSMATES AND OTHERS

WHO KNEW HIM AND IS DEEPLY MISSED BY HIS COMMUNITY.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON LOCAL ROUTE T-325 IN

COUDERSPORT BOROUGH, POTTER COUNTY, OVER THE ALLEGHENY RIVER IS

HEREBY DESIGNATED THE LT. WILLIAM E. DAISLEY, JR., MEMORIAL

BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 6. SENIOR OFFICER ERIC J. WILLIAMS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND

DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:

(1) OFFICER ERIC J. WILLIAMS WAS DEDICATED TO SERVING

HIS COUNTRY, HIS COMMONWEALTH AND HIS COMMUNITY.

(2) AFTER GRADUATING FROM KING'S COLLEGE WITH A CRIMINAL

JUSTICE DEGREE, OFFICER WILLIAMS BEGAN SERVING HIS COUNTY AS

A FEDERAL CORRECTIONS OFFICER ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2011.

(3) OFFICER WILLIAMS WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED AT THE UNITED

STATES PENITENTIARY-CANAAN BY AN INMATE WHO ASSAULTED HIM

WITH A HOMEMADE WEAPON AS HE WAS PREPARING TO LOCK UP

INMATES.

(4) OFFICER WILLIAMS' COURAGEOUS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE

OF THIS COMMONWEALTH WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON S.R. 3005 IN

CONYNGHAM TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY, OVER THE OUTLET OF LILY LAKE

IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE SENIOR OFFICER ERIC J. WILLIAMS

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

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SECTION 7. WENDELL ELBERT ROSS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--

(1) 1ST LIEUTENANT WENDELL ELBERT ROSS WAS BORN IN

LUMBER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND BRAVELY SERVED IN COMPANY B,

141ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE UNITED

STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II.

(2) WHILE HEROICALLY SERVING HIS COUNTRY, 1ST LIEUTENANT

ROSS WAS KILLED BY SNIPER FIRE IN ITALY ON FEBRUARY 11, 1944.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 3005 IN

GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, OVER THE WEST BRANCH OF

THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE 1ST LIEUTENANT

WENDELL ELBERT ROSS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.

SECTION 8. SUMMERVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 3007 IN

SUMMERVILLE BOROUGH, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OVER THE REDBANK CREEK IS

HEREBY DESIGNATED THE SUMMERVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE TO

HONOR THE 120 VETERANS BURIED IN CEMETERIES IN SUMMERVILLE AND

THE CITIZENS OF SUMMERVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY WHO HAVE SERVED

OR ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OUR NATION IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(B) 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 9. ALEXANDER MILLER ABERCROMBIE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS

FOLLOWS:

(1) THE LATE ALEXANDER MILLER ABERCROMBIE, TECHNICIAN

5TH CLASS, UNITED STATES ARMY, OF REVLOC, CAMBRIA COUNTY, WAS

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BORN MAY 7, 1921, IN KILSYTH, SCOTLAND.

(2) TECHNICAL SERGEANT ABERCROMBIE'S FAMILY ARRIVED IN

THE UNITED STATES APRIL 23, 1923.

(3) TECHNICAL SERGEANT ABERCROMBIE ATTENDED EBENSBURG-

CAMBRIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE

UNITED STATES ARMY SEPTEMBER 9, 1942.

(4) TECHNICAL SERGEANT ABERCROMBIE ENTERED ACTIVE

MILITARY SERVICE SEPTEMBER 20, 1942.

(5) TECHNICAL SERGEANT ABERCROMBIE COMPLETED AIRBORNE

TRAINING AND SERVED IN ALASKA BEFORE JOINING THE ALLIED

CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE AS A MEMBER OF THE 506TH PARACHUTE

INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.

(6) WHILE SERVING IN THE RUHR VALLEY OF GERMANY,

TECHNICAL SERGEANT ABERCROMBIE AND MORE THAN 100 MEMBERS OF

HIS COMPANY CAME UNDER ATTACK DURING THE COURSE OF A NIGHT

RAID LAUNCHED APRIL 11, 1945.

(7) TECHNICAL SERGEANT ABERCROMBIE, WHO WAS 24 YEARS OF

AGE, WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED APRIL 12, 1945, BY GERMAN ARTILLERY

AFTER CROSSING THE RHINE RIVER INTO THE VILLAGE OF

HIMMELGEIST, GERMANY.

(8) AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, TECHNICAL SERGEANT

ABERCROMBIE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ALONG WITH THREE OTHER

AMERICAN PARATROOPERS AND IS BURIED AT NETHERLANDS AMERICAN

CEMETERY IN MARGRATEN, THE NETHERLANDS.

(B) CHANGE OF NAME.--THE BRIDGE ON U.S. ROUTE 219 WHICH

CARRIES OVER TO U.S. ROUTE 422 IN EBENSBURG BOROUGH, CAMBRIA

COUNTY, IS HEREBY RENAMED THE ALEXANDER MILLER ABERCROMBIE

MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE

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BRIDGE DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (B).

Section 2 10. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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