PRINTER'S NO. 2556
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1849
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, COX, DONATUCCI, SCHMITT,
HENNESSEY, LONGIETTI, HELM, DiGIROLAMO, BURNS, PYLE, OWLETT,
MILLARD, SAINATO, SONNEY, BERNSTINE, CALTAGIRONE, KAUFFMAN,
KINSEY, KIM, READSHAW AND MURT, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 39 in Dauphin
County, from Dover Road to Forest Hills Drive, as the Officer
Mark Gaspich Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Officer Mark Gaspich Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Officer Mark Gaspich lived a life of service to
others.
(2) Over the course of his career, Officer Gaspich
served his community as a correctional officer, a corporal
with the Dauphin County Sheriff's Office, an emergency
medical technician and a community service officer with the
Lower Paxton Township Police Department.
(3) Officer Gaspich was also a proud volunteer
firefighter with Linglestown Fire Company #1, Station 35,
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beginning his volunteer fire service at 16 years of age.
(4) Officer Gaspich graduated from the Penn State
Justice and Safety Institute, the Pennsylvania Sheriff and
Deputy Sheriff Training Program, the Pennsylvania Department
of Corrections Academy and the Harrisburg Area Community
College Fire Academy.
(5) Officer Gaspich attended Bloomsburg University and
Harrisburg Area Community College.
(6) On October 10, 2018, Officer Gaspich died in the
line of duty at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill at 44 years of
age.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 39 in
Dauphin County from Dover Road to Forest Hills Drive is
designated as the Officer Mark Gaspich 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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