PRINTER'S NO. 1790
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1441
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, KORTZ, COX, DONATUCCI, CALTAGIRONE,
PICKETT, RYAN, BURNS, SONNEY, HILL-EVANS, BARRAR, MULLERY,
LONGIETTI, KAUFFMAN, DiGIROLAMO, CAUSER, HICKERNELL, STAATS,
STRUZZI, KINSEY, HAHN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, BERNSTINE, READSHAW,
MILLARD, NEILSON, TOPPER, TOEPEL, PYLE, OBERLANDER, DEASY,
GOODMAN, EVERETT, MOUL AND SAINATO, MAY 13, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 13, 2019
AN ACT
Designating the bridge located at 39°57'48.9"N 79°02'40.7"W
(U.S. Route 219 over Walters Mill Road), as the Mark J.
Baserman Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Mark J. Baserman Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) State Correctional Institution at Somerset Sergeant
Mark J. Baserman of Oakland, Stonycreek Township, Cambria
County, died February 26, 2018, after an inmate assault 11
days earlier.
(2) Born August 21, 1957, Sgt. Baserman was a United
States Army veteran who worked for the Department of
Corrections at the former SCI Cresson before transferring to
SCI Somerset.
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(3) In his lifetime, Sgt. Baserman further protected his
community as an Oakland volunteer firefighter and East Hills
emergency medical technician.
(4) Sgt. Baserman was posthumously awarded the Medal of
Valor which is given to government-employed corrections
officers.
(5) University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown undergraduates
in the Justice Administration and Criminology program are
eligible for the Sgt. Mark J. Baserman Memorial Scholarship.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located at 39°57'48.9"N
79°02'40.7"W (U.S. Route 219 over Walters Mill Road), is
designated the Mark J. Baserman Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on and under the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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