Bill Text: PA HB2381 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating Route 202 Parkway on State Route 202 connecting State Route 63 in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, and State Route 611 in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, as the George A. Penglase Memorial Parkway.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 25-9)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-10-08 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2381 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2381-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3474
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2381 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, R. TAYLOR, QUINN, GEIST, BEAR, BEYER, BOYD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAY, FLECK, GROVE, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, M. KELLER, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MURT, PHILLIPS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, STEVENSON, VEREB AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 29, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 29, 2010
AN ACT
Designating Route 202 Parkway on State Route 202 connecting
State Route 63 in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, and
State Route 611 in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, as the
George A. Penglase Memorial Parkway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. George A. Penglase Memorial Parkway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) George A. Penglase, who died on January 14, 2005, at
the age of 71, was a respected business leader, devoted
family man and tireless community activist in Bucks County
for four decades. Foremost among his civic and community
endeavors was his 35-year dedication to seeing the Route 202
Bypass come to fruition. He and a group of concerned citizens
founded the citizens group "Support the Bypass for Route
202," and Penglase led the public push for this critical
infrastructure project since its inception in 1969.
(2) At the time of his death, Penglase had served as
president of the Bucks County Economic Development
Corporation for six years and chaired the corporation's
Transportation Committee. Penglase also was an active member
of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce for 35 years,
serving on the Chamber's Board of Directors for 13 years. In
both of those organizations, Penglase was a vocal and
consistent proponent for what will soon be realized as the
8.6-mile Route 202 Parkway.
(3) Penglase was the owner and president of PKG
Insurance Associates, Inc., in Doylestown for 31 years.
(4) Born in Philadelphia, Penglase was a graduate of
Germantown High School and The Pennsylvania State University.
He served in the United States Navy for four years aboard the
USS Midway, and then served four more years in the United
States Naval Reserve.
(5) Penglase was an active volunteer firefighter for 28
years and part of the ambulance crew for 20 years, serving
with the Chalfont Volunteer Fire Company. He was twice
honored as Firefighter of the Year, and once honored as
Volunteer of the Year.
(6) He was a member of the Chalfont Lions Club, the
Doylestown TIPS Club and the New Britain Township Youth Aid
Panel. Penglase also founded and served on a drug and alcohol
education program for the Central Bucks School District.
(7) He was a loving husband to his wife, Elizabeth, for
50 years and a devoted father to four daughters.
(b) Designation.--The Route 202 Parkway on State Route 202
connecting State Route 63 in Montgomery Township, Montgomery
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County, and State Route 611 in Doylestown Township, Bucks
County, is hereby designated as the George A. Penglase Memorial
Parkway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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