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PRINTER'S NO. 2564
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1856
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, READSHAW, NEILSON, HENNESSEY, BAKER,
WARREN, CONKLIN, DiGIROLAMO, COX, CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD,
BIZZARRO, WARD, KINSEY, DONATUCCI, LONGIETTI, BARBIN, DUSH,
SONNEY, O'NEILL, SANKEY, A. HARRIS, TOEPEL, CAUSER, MARSICO,
HAHN, D. COSTA, PASHINSKI AND GROVE, OCTOBER 12, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 12, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 271
over US Route 22, Jackson Township, Cambria County, as the
Trooper Gary Fisher Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Trooper Gary Fisher Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Gary W. Fisher was born on April 2, 1958, to William
and Patricia Fisher in Johnstown.
(2) He enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police on
December 8, 1980 at 22 years of age.
(3) Following graduation from the State Police Academy,
he was assigned to Troop B in Washington County.
(4) In May 1983, he transferred to the Region V Strike
Force.
(5) On February 3, 1985, at 26 years of age, Trooper
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Fisher was shot and killed in the line of duty while
attempting to make an arrest during a drug exchange at the
Crossroads Plaza, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland
County.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
Pennsylvania Route 271 over US Route 22, Jackson Township,
Cambria County, is designated as the Trooper Gary Fisher
Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The department 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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