PRINTER'S NO. 2126
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1608
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WARD, IRVIN, GREINER, DONATUCCI, CONKLIN, COX,
CORBIN, HENNESSEY, HAHN, DAVIS, LONGIETTI, McGINNIS,
DRISCOLL, D. COSTA, DAY, McNEILL, PICKETT, NEILSON, METZGAR,
BURNS, RYAN, KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, HICKERNELL, TOEPEL, SONNEY,
DUSH, CAUSER, GROVE, KINSEY, MILLARD, SANKEY, O'NEILL,
A. HARRIS, MARSHALL, CALTAGIRONE, DeLUCA AND BAKER,
JUNE 22, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 22, 2017
AN ACT
Designating the bridge carrying U.S. Route 22 over the Juniata
River, Norfolk Southern Corporation rail tracks and State
Route 1010 (Penn Street) in Smithfield and Henderson
Townships, Huntingdon County, as the Trooper Landon E. Weaver
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Trooper Landon E. Weaver Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Trooper Landon E. Weaver was born November 11, 1993,
in Altoona, Blair County, son of Eric E. and Christine L.
Weaver.
(2) Trooper Weaver, who grew up in rural Blair County,
lived with his wife Macy Weaver in Martinsburg.
(3) Trooper Weaver was a 2012 graduate of Central High
School in Martinsburg.
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(4) Prior to his 2015 induction in the Pennsylvania
State Police Academy, Trooper Weaver was a dean's list
student pursuing an undergraduate degree in criminology at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
(5) Trooper Weaver attended Zion Lutheran Church in
Williamsburg.
(6) Trooper Weaver and his wife, who met as Spring Cove
Middle School students, were married at Zion Lutheran Church
on June 4, 2016.
(7) On June 17, 2016, Trooper Weaver graduated from the
Pennsylvania State Police Academy.
(8) Trooper Weaver applied a strong sense of focus and
rigor in protecting the safety and security of others and
bravely accepted the attendant risks.
(9) Trooper Weaver of Troop G, Huntingdon Barracks, was
killed in the line of duty on December 30, 2016, in Juniata
Township, Huntingdon County, at 23 years of age.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying U.S. Route 22 over the
Juniata River, Norfolk Southern Corporation rail tracks and
State Route 1010 (Penn Street) in Smithfield and Henderson
Townships, Huntingdon County, is hereby designated as the
Trooper Landon E. Weaver 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. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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