PRINTER'S NO. 3227
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2245
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BERNSTINE, BURNS, COX, T. DAVIS, DEASY,
HICKERNELL, HILL-EVANS, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, LONGIETTI,
METZGAR, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, NEILSON, OWLETT, PICKETT,
READSHAW, REESE, ROTHMAN, RYAN, SAINATO, SCHMITT, SONNEY,
STAATS, STRUZZI, WHEELAND, YOUNGBLOOD AND CONKLIN,
JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2020
AN ACT
Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 45676, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 26 over Yellow Creek in Hopewell Township,
Bedford County, as the Colonel Joseph M. Stine Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Colonel Joseph M. Stine Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Colonel Joseph M. Stine, a native of Everett, gave
his life in service to his country during the Vietnam
Conflict.
(2) Colonel Stine joined the United States Air Force
just a few days after graduating from Everett Area High
School in 1949.
(3) Colonel Stine received his pilot wings in 1953 in
Big Springs, Texas, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant.
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(4) Colonel Stine was a T33 instructor pilot in Rio,
Texas, for five years and in 1959 was transferred to England
where Colonel Stine flew the B-66 for three years.
(5) On August 1, 1966, Colonel Stine was sent to Vietnam
and, while flying a night photo mission over Hanoi, on
September 27, 1966, his plane dropped off of radar and he was
never seen or heard from again.
(6) On March 6, 1978, Colonel Stine's status was changed
to killed in action.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
45676, carrying Pennsylvania Route 26 over Yellow Creek in
Hopewell Township, Bedford County, is designated as the Colonel
Joseph M. Stine 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 the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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