PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1061
PRINTER'S NO. 1199
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
866
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WHEELAND, EVERETT, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, HARHART,
DAVIS, YOUNGBLOOD, SCHWEYER, PASHINSKI, McNEILL, GRELL,
READSHAW, FARINA, MILLARD, SONNEY, DUSH, THOMAS, VEREB,
V. BROWN, HEFFLEY, JOZWIAK, COHEN, WARD, MAHONEY, MAJOR,
HAHN, MURT, BRADFORD, OBERLANDER AND MARSHALL, APRIL 1, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 14, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 15 in Lycoming County as
the Kelly Rae Mertes DUI Awareness Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Kelly Rae Mertes DUI Awareness Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Born on January 23, 1986, in Williamsport, Kelly Rae
Mertes was a lifetime member of St. Boniface Catholic Church,
a recent honors graduate of Bishop Neumann High School and a
gifted artist attending photography college in Lancaster.
(2) On February 5, 2005, Kelly Mertes' life was
tragically cut short when, at 19 years of age, she was killed
by a drunk driver nearly five times over the legal blood
alcohol limit.
(3) Since the loss of their daughter, the Mertes family
has for the last 10 years tirelessly supported the Lycoming
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County DUI Taskforce to prevent another tragedy from
occurring.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 15 in Lycoming
County from the Market Street/Hastings Street intersection to
State Route 15/54 is hereby designated the Kelly Rae Mertes DUI
Awareness 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 immediately IN 60 DAYS.
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