PRINTER'S NO. 8
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
12
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KAUFER, KINSEY, BURNS, HENNESSEY, ROTHMAN,
KAUFFMAN, SCHMITT, VITALI, LONGIETTI, PICKETT, OWLETT,
JOZWIAK AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 11, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 46475, carrying
State Route 1021 over the Susquehanna River in Wyoming
Borough, Luzerne County, as the George J. Dennis, Jr.,
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. George J. Dennis, Jr., Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) George J. Dennis, Jr., was born February 11, 1922,
in West Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
(2) Mr. Dennis attended the West Wyoming High School and
later was an attendee of Bucknell Junior College.
(3) Throughout Mr. Dennis's life, he held many different
roles in the community and professionally, including his
position as a West Wyoming councilman, member and past
president of Fraternal Order of Eagles in Wyoming,
Pennsylvania, and he was an 11-year employee with the
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Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
(4) Mr. Dennis died on February 11, 1972, while at work
for PennDOT.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
46475, carrying State Route 1021 over the Susquehanna River in
Wyoming Borough, Luzerne County, is designated as the George J.
Dennis, 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. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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