THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, BISHOP, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, D. COSTA, DALEY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GILLEN, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHART, HELM, HESS, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MURT, PERRY, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, WATERS AND WATSON, JUNE 14, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 14, 2012  

AN ACT

Designating the portion of State Route 30, from Wynnewood Road

to Station Road, in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County,

as the Master Sergeant Scott Ball Memorial Avenue.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Master Sergeant Scott Ball Memorial Avenue.

(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Master Sergeant Scott Ball was killed on August 27,

2007, when, while serving with the Pennsylvania Army National

Guard in Afghanistan, the embedded training team in which he

served was ambushed while assisting the Afghan National Army.

(2)  Master Sgt. Ball was a Pennsylvania State Police

trooper assigned to Troop H, Carlisle.

(3)  Prior to enlisting in the Pennsylvania State Police,

Master Sgt. Ball served the citizens of Lower Merion

Township, Montgomery County, as a Lower Merion Township

police officer from 1995-2000.

(b)  Designation.--The portion of State Route 30, from

Wynnewood Road to Station Road, in Lower Merion Township,

Montgomery County, is hereby designated as the Master Sergeant

Scott Ball Memorial Avenue.

(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 immediately.