PRINTER'S NO. 1490
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1379
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PISCIOTTANO, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, NEILSON, KINSEY,
BURNS, A. DAVIS, STAATS AND FREEMAN, MAY 10, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 10, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 2044, also known as Brierly
Lane, between Homestead-Duquesne Road and Interboro Avenue in
West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, as the Regis L.
Stephenson Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Regis L. Stephenson Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) On January 8, 1951, Regis L. Stephenson was born in
Duquesne, Allegheny County.
(2) Mr. Stephenson was a graduate of Duquesne High
School, received his bachelor's degree in special education
from California University of Pennsylvania and received his
master's in education from Duquesne University.
(3) Mr. Stephenson taught special education in the
Pittsburgh Public School system for 32 years until his
retirement.
(4) For 20 years, Mr. Stephenson served on the West
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Mifflin Borough Council and was serving as council president
at the time of his passing.
(5) In 1986, Mr. Stephenson began a six-year tenure on
the West Mifflin School Board.
(6) Additionally, Mr. Stephenson started the Pittsburgh
area's first troop for Boy Scouts with a disability and
served as a West Penn basketball official for 26 years.
(7) On May 15, 2012, Mr. Stephenson passed away at the
age of 61.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 2044, also
known as Brierly Lane, between Homestead-Duquesne Road and
Interboro Avenue in West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, is
designated as the Regis L. Stephenson 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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