Bill Text: PA HB712 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating State Route 997 within the limits of the Borough of Mont Alto, Franklin County, as the Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 55-18)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-05 - Act No. 77 [HB712 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB712-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 726
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 712 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY ROCK, KAUFFMAN, AUMENT, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD, BRADFORD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DAY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAVULICH, M.K. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MATZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, PAYNE, PEIFER, PYLE, RAPP, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 16, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 16, 2011
AN ACT
Designating State Route 997 within the limits of the Borough of
Mont Alto, Franklin County, as the Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer
Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer from Franklin County died
December 27, 2006, at 23 years of age, from severe burn
injuries sustained during combat by a roadside bomb on
November 13, 2006, while serving in Iraq. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Armored Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He
was the first soldier from Franklin County to die in the war.
(2) Sgt. Shaffer was a 2002 graduate of Waynesboro Area
Senior High School. He enlisted in the Army in 2003, served
in Germany and Kuwait before going to Iraq and served in Iraq
for approximately eight months before the explosion.
(3) Sgt. Shaffer was a gunner in a Bradley tank during
operations in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, about 70 miles
west of Baghdad when the roadside bomb exploded.
(4) Sgt. Shaffer was awarded two Purple Heart medals
during his service with the United States Army.
(b) Designation.--State Route 997 within the limits of the
Borough of Mont Alto, Franklin County, is hereby designated as
the Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway
designated under subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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