Regular Session 2017-2018 House Bill 2297 P.N. 4054

SENATE AMENDED

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3430

PRINTER'S NO. 4054

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

2297

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY TAYLOR, KORTZ AND THOMAS, APRIL 24, 2018

SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

AN ACT

Amending the act of February 15, 2018 (P.L.22, No.9), entitled

"An act designating a portion of State Route 2005 in

Saxonburg Borough, Butler County, as the Chief Gregory B.

Adams Way; designating a bridge on that portion of

Pennsylvania Route 271 over US Route 22, Jackson Township,

Cambria County, as the Trooper Gary Fisher Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 53

over US Route 22, Cresson Township, Cambria County, as the

Corporal Robert J. Sherwood, Jr., Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge on Segment 80 of State Route 2015, along

Overbridge Street and over Railroad Street, Lilly Borough,

Cambria County, as the Paul E. Sweeney Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge on that portion of Avenue A over the

Allegheny River, Coudersport Borough, Potter County, as the

Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge on that portion of Sunnyside Road over

the Oswayo Creek, Shinglehouse Borough, Potter County, as the

PVT Malon Stanley Memorial Bridge; designating a portion of

State Route 1001 in Greene Township, Franklin County, as the

Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr., Memorial Highway;

designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 533 over

Muddy Run, Southampton Township, Franklin County, as the

Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl Memorial Bridge; and

designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 1004 over

the Conococheague Creek, Greene Township, Franklin County, as

the Private Charles W. "Bill" Roher Memorial Bridge," further

providing for Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr.,

Memorial Highway.; AND PROVIDING FOR CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III

MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1. The title of the act of February 15, 2018

(P.L.22, No.9), entitled "An act designating a portion of State

Route 2005 in Saxonburg Borough, Butler County, as the Chief

Gregory B. Adams Way; designating a bridge on that portion of

Pennsylvania Route 271 over US Route 22, Jackson Township,

Cambria County, as the Trooper Gary Fisher Memorial Bridge;

designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 53

over US Route 22, Cresson Township, Cambria County, as the

Corporal Robert J. Sherwood, Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating a

bridge on Segment 80 of State Route 2015, along Overbridge

Street and over Railroad Street, Lilly Borough, Cambria County,

as the Paul E. Sweeney Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on

that portion of Avenue A over the Allegheny River, Coudersport

Borough, Potter County, as the Commander Philip F. "Jet"

Palmatier, Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on that

portion of Sunnyside Road over the Oswayo Creek, Shinglehouse

Borough, Potter County, as the PVT Malon Stanley Memorial

Bridge; designating a portion of State Route 1001 in Greene

Township, Franklin County, as the Lance Corporal Michael L.

Freeman, Jr., Memorial Highway; designating a bridge on that

portion of State Route 533 over Muddy Run, Southampton Township,

Franklin County, as the Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl

Memorial Bridge; and designating a bridge on that portion of

State Route 1004 over the Conococheague Creek, Greene Township,

Franklin County, as the Private Charles W. "Bill" Roher Memorial

Bridge," is amended to read:

AN ACT

Designating a portion of State Route 2005 in Saxonburg Borough,

Butler County, as the Chief Gregory B. Adams Way; designating

a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 271 over US

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Route 22, Jackson Township, Cambria County, as the Trooper

Gary Fisher Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on that

portion of Pennsylvania Route 53 over US Route 22, Cresson

Township, Cambria County, as the Corporal Robert J. Sherwood,

Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on Segment 80 of

State Route 2015, along Overbridge Street and over Railroad

Street, Lilly Borough, Cambria County, as the Paul E. Sweeney

Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on that portion of

Avenue A over the Allegheny River, Coudersport Borough,

Potter County, as the Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier,

Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating a bridge on that portion of

Sunnyside Road over the Oswayo Creek, Shinglehouse Borough,

Potter County, as the PVT Malon Stanley Memorial Bridge;

designating a portion of [State Route 1001 in Greene

Township,] U.S. Route 30 in Franklin County, as the Lance

Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr., Memorial Highway;

designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 533 over

Muddy Run, Southampton Township, Franklin County, as the

Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl Memorial Bridge; and

designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 1004 over

the Conococheague Creek, Greene Township, Franklin County, as

the Private Charles W. "Bill" Roher Memorial Bridge; AND

PROVIDING FOR CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

Section 2. Section 7 of the act is amended to read:

Section 7. Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr., Memorial

Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1) Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr., of

Fayetteville died while supporting combat operations in

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2010, paying

the supreme sacrifice for his nation in Operation Enduring

Freedom.

(2) A 2008 graduate of Chambersburg Area High School,

Lance Corporal Freeman had served in the Marine Corps since

August 2008.

(3) Lance Corporal Freeman, a machine gunner assigned to

2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary

Force in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, had been on his first

deployment in Afghanistan since October 2009.

(4) Lance Corporal Freeman was awarded the Purple Heart,

Combat Action Ribbon and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.

(b) Designation.--The section of [State Route 1001 from

Memorial Road to Mt. Pleasant Road in Greene Township,] U.S.

Route 30 in Franklin County from the eastern intersection with

State Route 1008 to the western intersection with State Route

1008, is designated the Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr.,

Memorial Highway.

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

SECTION 3. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:

SECTION 9.1. CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

(A) FINDINGS.--

(1) CPL. CARL HYNEK WAS BORN AND RAISED IN UPPER

MORELAND TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

(2) CPL. CARL HYNEK WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES

ARMY AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND SERVED IN VIETNAM

WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.

(3) CPL. CARL HYNEK WAS KILLED ON OCTOBER 5, 1967, IN

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QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM, AT 22 YEARS OF AGE FROM WOUNDS HE

RECEIVED IN AN INTENSE FIREFIGHT WITH ENEMY FORCES.

(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2044 IN

MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM TERWOOD ROAD TO MORELAND ROAD IS HEREBY

DESIGNATED THE CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO

TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.

SECTION 4. REPEALS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER

PARAGRAPH (2) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE ADDITION OF

SECTION 9.1 OF THE ACT.

(2) SECTION 6 OF THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 4, 2016 (P.L.1196,

NO.159), ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE

ROUTE 663 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE ARMY SPECIALIST RAY IRA

HAAS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE

100 FROM HEREFORD TOWNSHIP AT THE LEHIGH COUNTY LINE THROUGH

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP IN BERKS COUNTY AS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT

WILLIAM R. GENDEBIEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION

OF STATE ROUTE 2026, ALSO KNOWN AS BLAIR MILL ROAD, IN

MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL T. WRIGHT

MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON A PORTION OF SHEEP

BRIDGE ROAD OVER I-83, NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, AS THE

STAFF SGT. JASON M. FALEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A

BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 879 OVER TROUT RUN IN

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE DAVID KYLE

MCCRACKEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE

ROUTE 2034 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE CPL. CARL F. HYNEK III

MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 145 IN

SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, AS THE CPL. JOSHUA B.

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SMITH MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION

OF U.S. ROUTE 15 OVER STATE ROUTE 114, UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP,

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AS THE CPL. JONATHAN DEAN FAIRCLOTH

MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF BYBERRY ROAD

BETWEEN WARMINSTER ROAD AND ORANGEMEN'S ROAD IN MONTGOMERY

COUNTY AS THE MAJOR JEFFREY TOCZYLOWSKI MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;

DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1010 IN BERKS COUNTY AS

THE DELIGHT BREIDEGAM, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 51 IN FAYETTE COUNTY AS THE OFFICER

RICHARD CHAMPION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON

THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 741 OVER THE CONESTOGA RIVER,

BETWEEN PEQUEA TOWNSHIP AND LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER

COUNTY, AS THE CPL. ERIC M. TORBERT, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE;

DESIGNATING THE INTERCHANGE OF STATE ROUTE 43, THE MON-

FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY, WITH RUBLES MILL ROAD, KNOWN AS EXIT 4,

FAYETTE COUNTY, AS THE MASTER SGT. ARTHUR L. LILLEY MEMORIAL

INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE

ROUTE 770 OVER THE TUNUNGWANT CREEK, BRADFORD TOWNSHIP,

MCKEAN COUNTY, AS THE MASTER SGT. THOMAS MAHOLIC MEMORIAL

BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THAT

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 6 OVER DINGMAN RUN, COUDERSPORT

BOROUGH, POTTER COUNTY, AS THE PFC GEORGE PESOCK MEMORIAL

BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE

872 OVER BAILEY RUN IN WHARTON TOWNSHIP, POTTER COUNTY, AS

THE SGT. PAUL M. BROWN MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A CERTAIN

INTERCHANGE IN NEW STANTON BOROUGH, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS

THE E. JEFFREY WENTZEL MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING A

PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 220 IN LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES

AS THE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JOHN J. PETERMAN MEMORIAL

HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 220 IN LYCOMING

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COUNTY AS THE THOMAS A. PATERNOSTRO MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;

DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1027 IN

POLK TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, AS THE POLK TOWNSHIP

VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; AND MAKING RELATED REPEALS," IS

REPEALED.

SECTION 5. THE ADDITION OF SECTION 9.1 OF THE ACT SHALL BE

RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 3, 2017.

Section 3 6. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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