Bill Text: PA HB1826 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating Route 611, from Main Street in Tobyhanna Township to Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, as the Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 77-48)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-07-03 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1826 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1826-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2381
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1826 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SCAVELLO, WANSACZ, MAJOR, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DAY, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, D. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HOUGHTON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MENSCH, METCALFE, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MUNDY, MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SAMUELSON, SANTARSIERO, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SEIP, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, JULY 3, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 3, 2009
AN ACT
Designating Route 611, from Main Street in Tobyhanna Township to
Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, as the
Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Trooper Joshua D. Miller was killed in the line of
duty on June 7, 2009, while attempting to apprehend a
kidnapping suspect. While engaged in a gun battle with the
suspect, two other State troopers were able to rescue the
nine-year-old child who was being abducted.
(2) Trooper Miller, age 34, was a six-year veteran of
the Pennsylvania State Police and had received several
commendations for his work protecting the citizens of this
Commonwealth. A native of Pittston, Pennsylvania, he is
survived by his wife and three children.
(b) Designation.--Route 611, from Main Street in Tobyhanna
Township to Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County,
is hereby designated as the Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial
Highway.
(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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