HOUSE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 433, 1018 PRINTER'S NO. 1059
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. 20050S0406B1059 - 2 -
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 20050S0406B1059 - 3 -
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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