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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1935
PRINTER'S NO. 2409
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1510
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BIZZARRO, CALTAGIRONE,
COX, DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, ENGLISH, FREEMAN, GILLEN, HAHN,
A. HARRIS, HELM, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KINSEY, LONGIETTI,
MILLARD, MILNE, MURT, MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, RAPP, RYAN,
SANKEY, SONNEY, WARD, WENTLING, WHEELAND AND BARBIN,
JUNE 7, 2017
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Avenue A over the
Allegheny River, Coudersport Borough, Potter County, as the
Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., Memorial Bridge.;
AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF SUNNYSIDE ROAD
OVER THE OSWAYO CREEK, SHINGLEHOUSE BOROUGH, POTTER COUNTY,
AS THE PVT MALON STANLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Commander Philip F. "Jet" Palmatier, Jr., was born
on November 4, 1950, in Coudersport, graduated with honors
from the local high school and was appointed to the United
States Naval Academy.
(2) On December 10, 1990, Commander Palmatier, a career
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Navy officer, was flying a training mission over the Gulf of
Mexico when his TA-4 Skyhawk collided with another jet,
killing Commander Palmatier at 40 years of age.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on Avenue A, bridge ID
52400200120000, over the Allegheny River in Coudersport Borough,
Potter County, is designated the Commander Philip F. "Jet"
Palmatier, Jr., Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
SECTION 2. PVT MALON STANLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PVT MALON STANLEY, A NATIVE OF POTTER COUNTY, WAS
DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AT THE START OF WORLD WAR
II AND SERVED IN THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION.
(2) PVT MALON STANLEY WAS PART OF THE FORCES THAT
STORMED LEYTE ISLAND UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL MACARTHUR.
PVT MALON STANLEY WAS KILLED WHILE PROVIDING COVER FOR HIS
FELLOW TROOPS WHO WERE ORDERED TO RETREAT.
(3) PVT MALON STANLEY WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE
PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SERVICE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE #4017-0124-0220 LOCATED ON
SUNNYSIDE ROAD OVER THE OSWAYO CREEK, SHINGLEHOUSE BOROUGH,
POTTER COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PVT MALON STANLEY MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
Section 2 3. Effective date.
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This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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