PRINTER'S NO. 1720
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1201
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, APRIL 19, 2016
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 19, 2016
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 36 over
Chest Creek, Patton Borough, Cambria County, as the Martin
Joseph Davis Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Findings and declarations.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Born August 25, 1947, Martin Joseph Davis was a
resident of Patton and graduated from Cambria Heights High
School in 1966.
(2) Mr. Davis entered the Army November 14, 1967, and
served as a Specialist 4th Class with B Company, 3rd
Battalion, 21st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade, during the
Vietnam War.
(3) On August 2, 1968, in the Quang Tin Province of
Vietnam, Specialist Davis was killed in action by an
explosive device. He was 21 years of age.
(4) Specialist Davis served this Commonwealth and our
nation with honor and respect and gave the supreme sacrifice
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while carrying out his duties.
Section 2. Martin Joseph Davis Memorial Bridge.
(a) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 36 in
Patton Borough, Cambria County, over Chest Creek, is hereby
designated the Martin Joseph Davis Memorial Bridge.
(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 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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