PRINTER'S NO. 1084
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1048
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY FARRY, T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, KNOWLES, BURNS, COX,
HICKERNELL, KINSEY, HOWARD, MILLARD, CAUSER, STAATS, RYAN,
WARREN, NEILSON, WHEELAND, LONGIETTI, WARNER, STRUZZI,
GALLOWAY, DEASY, JOZWIAK AND SAINATO, MARCH 31, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 31, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 68033, carrying
State Route 2047 over CSX and SEPTA Railroads, in Middletown
Township, Bucks County, as the PFC John Elton Candy Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC John Elton Candy Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) John Elton Candy was born on November 15, 1947.
(2) PFC Candy was originally from Langhorne,
Pennsylvania.
(3) Upon graduation from Neshaminy High School, PFC
Candy enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 23,
1966, in Philadelphia.
(4) PFC Candy arrived in Vietnam on October 3, 1968,
where he was assigned for duty and served with Company E, 2d
Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
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(5) PFC Candy died on October 11, 1968, at 20 years of
age in Quang Tri, Vietnam, while in the performance of his
duties.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
68033, carrying State Route 2047 over CSX and SEPTA Railroads,
in Middletown Township, Bucks County, is designated the PFC John
Elton Candy 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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