PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 855
PRINTER'S NO. 1198
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
720
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, RAPP, BAKER, SANKEY, DUSH, SONNEY,
CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, COX, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL,
FARINA, GOODMAN, HAHN, HEFFLEY, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL,
KIM, McNEILL, MILLARD, READSHAW, SCHWEYER, VEREB, WHEELAND,
DEASY, MAHONEY, O'NEILL, GILLEN, BRADFORD, MURT, WARD,
WATSON, GROVE, GABLER AND McCARTER, MARCH 6, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 14, 2015
AN ACT
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;
AND 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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Port Allegany Veterans Memorial Bridge.
(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.
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(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. 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
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.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
Section 2 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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