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                                 HOUSE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 433, 1018                PRINTER'S NO. 1059

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 406 Session of 2005


        INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, LAVALLE, KITCHEN, STOUT, COSTA, ORIE,
           ARMSTRONG AND LOGAN, MARCH 21, 2005

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           JULY 2, 2005

                                     AN ACT

     1  Designating SR 65 in the vicinity of Leetsdale, Allegheny
     2     County, as the James E. Russo Highway; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE  <--
     3     CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2096 OVER THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER IN THE
     4     CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AS THE SENATOR ALBERT
     5     V. "BUD" BELAN BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE SR 0322 BRIDGE OVER
     6     THE SWATARA CREEK BETWEEN DERRY AND SWATARA TOWNSHIPS IN
     7     DAUPHIN COUNTY AS THE MAJOR RICHARD D. WINTERS BRIDGE;
     8     DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON THE PORTION OF SR 222 SOUTHBOUND,
     9     CROSSING THE CONESTOGA RIVER IN LANCASTER COUNTY, AS THE
    10     AMVETS POW-MIA MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE SPROUL STATE
    11     FOREST IN CLINTON COUNTY AS THE "RUSSELL P. LETTERMAN WILD
    12     AREA"; AND DESIGNATING A SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 22 IN MIFFLIN
    13     COUNTY AS THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

    14     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    15  hereby enacts as follows:
    16  Section 1.  James E. Russo Highway.
    17     (a)  Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
    18  declares that:
    19         (1)  James E. Russo served as an Allegheny County
    20     district justice for 29 years.
    21         (2)  Judge Russo graduated cum laude from St. John's       <--
    22     University and received his J.D. from Columbus School of Law,

     1     Catholic University of America. He was appointed Judge of the
     2     Commonwealth Court of Municipal Discipline in 1998.
     3         (2)  JUDGE RUSSO WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST DISTRICT       <--
     4     JUSTICE TO SERVE ON THE FORMER JUDICIAL CONDUCT BOARD,
     5     PREDECESSOR TO THE COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE OF
     6     PENNSYLVANIA, IN 1998.
     7     (b)  Designation.--State Route 65 in the vicinity of
     8  Leetsdale, Allegheny County, shall be designated as the James E.
     9  Russo Highway in honor of the late James E. Russo.
    10     (c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
    11  maintain signs which shall display the name of the highway
    12  designated in subsection (b) at each end of the designated
    13  segment.
    14  SECTION 2.  SENATOR ALBERT V. "BUD" BELAN BRIDGE.                 <--
    15     (A)  FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
    16  FOLLOWS:
    17         (1)  SENATOR ALBERT V. "BUD" BELAN SERVED IN THE GENERAL
    18     ASSEMBLY FROM 1989 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2000, HAVING BEEN ELECTED
    19     TO THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS AS A STATE SENATOR.
    20         (2)  ALONG WITH HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE
    21     COMMONWEALTH, SENATOR BELAN HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A POLICE
    22     OFFICER IN WEST MIFFLIN BOROUGH AND A DISTRICT JUSTICE.
    23     (B)  DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2096 OVER
    24  THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER IN THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY
    25  COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE SENATOR ALBERT
    26  V. "BUD" BELAN BRIDGE.
    27     (C)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
    28  MAINTAIN SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE
    29  DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (B) AT EACH END OF THE BRIDGE.
    30  SECTION 3.  MAJOR RICHARD D. WINTERS BRIDGE.
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     1     (A)  DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE SR 0322 BRIDGE OVER THE
     2  SWATARA CREEK ON PAXTON STREET BETWEEN DERRY AND SWATARA
     3  TOWNSHIPS IN DAUPHIN COUNTY IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE MAJOR
     4  RICHARD D. WINTERS BRIDGE.
     5     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
     6  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO INDICATE THE DESIGNATION IN
     7  SUBSECTION (A).
     8  SECTION 4.  AMVETS POW-MIA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
     9     (A)  DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF SR
    10  222 SOUTHBOUND OVER THE CONESTOGA RIVER IN LANCASTER COUNTY IS
    11  DESIGNATED AS THE AMVETS POW-MIA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
    12     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
    13  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATED NAME OF THE
    14  BRIDGE ON THE BRIDGE.
    15  SECTION 5.  RUSSELL P. LETTERMAN WILD AREA.
    16     (A)  DESIGNATION.--THE 4,959 ACRES OF THE SPROUL STATE FOREST
    17  IN NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY NOW KNOWN AS THE FISH DAM WILD
    18  AREA IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "RUSSELL P.
    19  LETTERMAN WILD AREA."
    20     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL
    21  RESOURCES SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN SIGNAGE THAT IT DEEMS
    22  APPROPRIATE, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE RUSSELL P.
    23  LETTERMAN WILD AREA.
    24  SECTION 6.  VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
    25     (A)  DESIGNATION.--STATE ROUTE 22 IN MIFFLIN COUNTY, SEGMENT
    26  NUMBER EASTBOUND 432, OFFSET 0000, AND WESTBOUND 433, OFFSET
    27  0000, TYING INTO STATE ROUTE 22, SEGMENT 542 EASTBOUND, OFFSET
    28  0000, AND SEGMENT 543 WESTBOUND, OFFSET 0000, IS HEREBY
    29  DESIGNATED AS THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
    30     (B)  SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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     1  MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO INDICATE THE DESIGNATION UNDER
     2  SUBSECTION (A).
     3  Section 2 7.  Effective date.                                     <--
     4     This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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