Bill Text: PA HB2305 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Designating the bridge that connects South Williamsport to Williamsport, known as the Market Street Bridge, carrying U.S. Route 15 over the Susquehanna River in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, as the Carl E. Stotz Memorial Little League Bridge.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-11)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-16 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2305 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2305-Introduced.html

---

PRINTER'S NO. 3311
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2305 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY MIRABITO, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MATZIE, MELIO, MILLARD, MURT, PALLONE, PARKER, PRESTON, SAINATO, SEIP, SIPTROTH AND THOMAS, MARCH 10, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 10, 2010
AN ACT
Designating the bridge that connects South Williamsport to
Williamsport, known as the Market Street Bridge, over the
Susquehanna River in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, as
the Carl E. Stotz Little League Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Carl E. Stotz Little League Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Carl E. Stotz was born in 1910 in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, and was a lifelong Williamsport resident who
later served as a local tax collector. He is best known for
founding Little League Baseball, which later evolved into an
international organization.
(2) February 20, 2010, is the 100th anniversary of his
birth.
(3) Carl E. Stotz stumbled over a lilac bush during a
backyard game of catch with his two young nephews in 1938 and
came up with the idea for Little League Baseball, which has
become the world's largest organized youth sports program.
Little League Baseball grew from three teams to nearly
200,000 teams in all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
(4) It is largely through Carl E. Stotz's endeavors that
the City of Williamsport has become world renowned as the
birthplace of Little League Baseball. Every August, the 16
best teams in the world converge on Little League Baseball's
headquarters in South Williamsport to play the annual Little
League World Series before thousands of fans in games
televised around the world.
(b) Designation.--The bridge that connects South
Williamsport to Williamsport, known as the Market Street Bridge,
over the Susquehanna River in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming
County, is hereby designated and shall be known as the Carl E.
Stotz Little League Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs to traffic in both directions to
indicate the designation under subsection (b).
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20100HB2305PN3311 - 2 -