Bill Text: PA HB1898 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the bridge carrying Bridge Street (State Route 4021) over Brubaker Run in the Borough of Hasting, Cambria County, as the Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield Memorial Bridge.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-10 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1898 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1898-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2568
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1898 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY HALUSKA, GEORGE, AUMENT, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CUTLER, ELLIS, FLECK, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KILLION, KNOWLES, KULA, MAJOR, MARSICO, METZGAR, MIRABITO, MURT, OBERLANDER, PAYNE, RAVENSTAHL, REED, ROCK, SANTONI, SONNEY, STERN, THOMAS, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, COHEN, COX, DALEY, FARRY, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, HARKINS, HESS, M. K. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MANN, METCALFE, MILLARD, MULLERY, MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SAINATO, K. SMITH, STABACK, STEVENSON, VULAKOVICH AND WHITE, OCTOBER 18, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 18, 2011
AN ACT
Designating the bridge carrying Bridge Street (State Route 4021)
over Brubaker Run in the Borough of Hasting, Cambria County,
as the Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Derek Lee Shanfield was born in Indiana,
Pennsylvania, on April 27, 1988, and graduated from Cambria
Heights High School in 2006.
(2) Derek L. Shanfield and his twin brother, Marine Cpl.
Devin L. Shanfield, joined the Marines in 2005. Both were
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, but in different
units.
(3) Derek L. Shanfield's older brother, Sydney, had
enlisted in the Marines in 2001.
(4) Derek L. Shanfield was promoted to Sergeant in April
2010 and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in
May 2010.
(5) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield passed away on June 8,
2010, at the age of 22 while supporting combat operations in
Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
(6) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield was part of the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and the
II Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina.
(7) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield was awarded the Marine
Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal,
the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global
War on Terror Medal, the Purple Heart, the NATO Non-Article 5
Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Sea Service Deployment
Ribbon and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
(8) Sergeant Derek L. Shanfield served his country with
honor and distinction as a member of the United States
Marines and is the first service member from Cambria County
to die in Operation Enduring Freedom.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying Bridge Street (State
Route 4021) over Brubaker Run in the Borough of Hasting, Cambria
County, is hereby designated as the Sergeant Derek Lee Shanfield
Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.
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Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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