PRINTER'S NO. 3025
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2096
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, BERNSTINE, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, COX,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, J. HARRIS, HENNESSEY, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, J. McNEILL, MILLARD, QUIGLEY, READSHAW, RYAN,
SONNEY, TALLMAN, WARD AND WHEELAND, FEBRUARY 16, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 16, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 2026, in Upper Moreland
Township, Montgomery County, as the Corporal Michael Dennis
Cooke Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal Michael Dennis Cooke Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Corporal Michael Dennis Cooke was born and raised in
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County.
(2) Corporal Cooke enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps in 1987 and served in 3rd Platoon, C Company, 2nd
Reconnaissance Battalion, Second Marine Division.
(3) Corporal Cooke died of massive trauma after an
accidental grenade explosion on February 22, 1991, after
completing a heroic operation against the enemy serving as
team scout and photographer during Operation Desert Storm. He
was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.
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(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 2026 in Upper
Moreland Township, Montgomery County, from Pennsylvania Route
611 to Pennsylvania Route 63 is designated the Corporal Michael
Dennis Cooke 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. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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