Bill Text: PA HB1281 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Designating the bridge that carries Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 43 over the Monongahela River between Denbo in the Borough of Centerville, County of Washington, and Alicia in the Township of Luzerne, County of Fayette, as the PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial Bridge.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-06 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1281 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1281-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  1417

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1281

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, SCAVELLO, K. BOYLE, BRENNAN, MARSHALL, KNOWLES, PYLE, STEVENSON, STERN, KORTZ, HENNESSEY, SONNEY, HARKINS, DiGIROLAMO, CUTLER, GABLER, EVERETT, MOUL, GEORGE, BARRAR, READSHAW, BENNINGHOFF, SAINATO, BROOKS, MARSICO, KIRKLAND, HORNAMAN, GOODMAN, MAJOR, FLECK, MICOZZIE, MANN, MILLARD, HARHART, CALTAGIRONE, BOYD, KULA, AUMENT, MAHONEY, W. KELLER, GODSHALL, MULLERY, HESS, MIRABITO, D. COSTA, MARKOSEK, FABRIZIO, CLYMER, BRADFORD, MILLER, GROVE, GEIST AND DALEY, APRIL 5, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 5, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Designating the bridge that carries Pennsylvania Turnpike Route

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43 over the Monongahela River between Denbo in the Borough of

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Centerville, County of Washington, and Alicia in the Township

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of Luzerne, County of Fayette, as the PFC Ronald C. "Smokey"

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Bakewell Memorial Bridge.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial Bridge.

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(a)  Declaration.--The General Assembly declares that Private

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First Class Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell made the ultimate

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sacrifice for this Commonwealth on August 2, 1968, when he died

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from hostile, small arms fire while serving in the Army of the

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United States in South Vietnam. On June 16, 1968, PFC Bakewell,

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age 20, was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry,

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1st Air Cavalry Division, when less than two months later his

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life ended in the service of his country.

 


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(b)  Designation.--The bridge that carries Pennsylvania

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Turnpike Route 43 over the Monongahela River between Denbo in

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the Borough of Centerville, County of Washington, and Alicia in

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the Township of Luzerne, County of Fayette, is designated the

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PFC Ronald C. "Smokey" Bakewell Memorial Bridge.

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(c)  Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall place

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and maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge as

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designated in subsection (b).

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Section 2.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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