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PRINTER'S NO. 1109
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
919
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DAVIS, READSHAW, FARINA, MAJOR, PASHINSKI, DUSH,
SONNEY, GALLOWAY, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DONATUCCI, COX,
DRISCOLL, ELLIS, D. COSTA, KINSEY, HAHN, SCHWEYER,
YOUNGBLOOD, BROWNLEE, MILLARD, O'NEILL, DiGIROLAMO, KIM,
TOEPEL, SANKEY, MARSICO, GRELL, ROZZI, CONKLIN, McNEILL,
GOODMAN, THOMAS, PAYNE, WHEELAND, BENNINGHOFF, BRADFORD,
GILLEN, MURT, WATSON, GABLER, McCARTER, KORTZ, D. PARKER,
BAKER, BARRAR, JOZWIAK, SAYLOR, STAATS, FARRY AND MAHONEY,
APRIL 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 6, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 2029 and 2049, also known
as Bath Road, in Bristol Township, Bucks County, as the
Sergeant George Stuckey Memorial Road.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sergeant George Stuckey Memorial Road.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Sergeant George F. Stuckey was born June 29, 1939,
in Michigan and came to the Bucks County area when he was a
child. He was a graduate of Delhaas High School.
(2) Sergeant Stuckey was a police officer with the
Bristol Township Police Department where he served for seven
years. He held the rank of detective for five years before
becoming acting sergeant in the detective division. He served
as the department's photographic expert.
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(3) Sergeant Stuckey made the ultimate sacrifice on
March 29, 1972, when he was shot and killed in the line of
duty while stopping a vehicle involved in a bank robbery
along Bath Road in Bristol Township. The shooting occurred
only a couple hundred feet from the police headquarters.
(4) Sergeant Stuckey was the first police officer in
Bucks County to be killed in the line of duty.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 2029, known as
Bath Road, that runs between US Route 13 (Segment 10) to Oxford
Valley Road (Segment 40) and the section of State Route 2049,
also known as Bath Road, that runs between Oxford Valley Road
(Segment 10) to State Route 413 (Segment 40) in Bristol
Township, Bucks County, are hereby designated as the Sergeant
George Stuckey Memorial Road.
(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. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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