Bill Text: PA HB1300 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Designating the interchange at Exit 32-B of Interstate 70 in Washington County as the Nathan Burnfield Memorial Interchange; and designating the Gay Street Bridge on State Route 113, which crosses French Creek in the Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County, as the Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-09 - Act No. 52 [HB1300 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1300-Amended.html

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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1555, 2073 PRINTER'S NO. 2702
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1300 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, WHITE, BAKER, BELFANTI, BOYD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DELOZIER, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEORGE, GRELL, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HESS, KILLION, KOTIK, KULA, MANN, MARKOSEK, MILLARD, MUSTIO, PAYNE, READSHAW, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, GOODMAN, BEYER, BEAR, O'NEILL, PICKETT, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, HICKERNELL, MAHONEY, STEVENSON, COX, BRIGGS, MICOZZIE, MOUL, EVERETT, REICHLEY, HELM, MAJOR, CASORIO, MURT, GINGRICH, HORNAMAN, BOBACK, BROOKS, K. SMITH, GILLESPIE, GROVE, GEIST, J. TAYLOR, WATERS AND MATZIE, APRIL 21, 2009
SENATOR D. WHITE, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
AN ACT
Designating the interchange at Exit 32-B of Interstate 70 in
Washington County as the Nathan Burnfield Memorial
Interchange; and designating the Gay Street Bridge on State <--
Route 113, which crosses French Creek in the Borough of
Phoenixville, Chester County, as the Veterans Memorial Gay
Street Bridge.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Attaining the rank of first lieutenant with the
Canton Volunteer Fire Department in Washington County, Nathan
Burnfield committed himself to public service within the
community as a firefighter for six years.
(2) Nathan Burnfield continued his public service as a
police officer for South Strabane Township, Washington
County, where he served as the CPR instructor and the arson
investigator for the department for five years, in addition
to his duties as a firefighter.
(3) On November 4, 2008, Officer Burnfield was off duty
and traveling with two other officers returning from three
days of police training at the California University of
Pennsylvania when they stopped to remove a truck wheel and
tire that were blocking lanes on Interstate 70, near the
Bentleyville exit.
(4) As Officer Burnfield cleared the wheel and tire from
the roadway, he was struck by a dump truck that could not
stop in time and he subsequently died at 27 years of age.
(5) Nathan Burnfield will be remembered for his devotion
to duty and his remarkable dedication to the citizens of
South Strabane Township and Canton Township.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Nathan Burnfield Memorial Interchange at Exit 32-B
(Bentleyville) of Interstate 70 in Washington County.
(a) Designation.--Exit 32-B (Bentleyville) of Interstate 70
in Washington County, in both directions, is hereby designated
as the Nathan Burnfield Memorial Interchange.
(b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall, in
appropriate locations, erect and maintain signs displaying the
name designated under subsection (a).
Section 2. Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge. <--
(a) Designation.--The Gay Street Bridge which crosses French
Creek on State Route 113 in Phoenixville Borough, Chester
County, is hereby designated as the Veterans Memorial Gay Street
Bridge.
(b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
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subsection (a) in both directions.
Section 2 3. Effective date. <--
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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