PRINTER'S NO. 3237
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2256
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, SCHMITT, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, MURT,
LONGIETTI, RYAN, ZABEL, HENNESSEY, PASHINSKI, DONATUCCI,
MALAGARI, COX, GREINER, WILLIAMS, SONNEY, BURNS, KIM, VITALI,
KORTZ, SAINATO, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, MILLARD, FREEMAN,
STAATS, KRUEGER, KIRKLAND, DELLOSO, NEILSON, CONKLIN AND
QUINN, JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2020
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 15279, on that
portion of State Route 2025, also known as Morton Avenue,
over Stony Creek in Morton Borough, Delaware County, as the
Captain Michael Malinowski, Sr., Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Captain Michael Malinowski, Sr., Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Captain Michael Malinowski, Sr., first served as a
volunteer firefighter from 1996 to 2015 for the Gloucester
City Fire Department, Pine Grove Station (52) and (54), in
Gloucester City, New Jersey, where he earned the rank of
Captain.
(2) In 2019, Mr. Malinowski became Captain of the
Morton-Rutledge Fire Company in Morton and Rutledge Boroughs,
Delaware County, where he served as a volunteer firefighter
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and member of the Board of Directors.
(3) Captain Malinowski also participated in department
training and fundraising while helping to repair the crew
room and the firefighter memorial located at the Morton-
Rutledge Fire Company.
(4) On December 2, 2019, Captain Michael Malinowski,
Sr., reported feeling ill after responding to a call about
downed trees and wires in Nether Providence Township,
Delaware County.
(5) On December 3, 2019, Captain Michael Malinowski,
Sr., passed away at the age of 40.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
15279, located on that portion of State Route 2025, also known
as Morton Avenue, over Stony Creek in Morton Borough, Delaware
County, is designated as the Captain Michael Malinowski, Sr.,
Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The department 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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