Bill Text: PA SB559 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the designation of the building referred to as the Commonwealth Keystone Building in the City of Harrisburg as the Thomas D. Larson Building.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [SB559 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB559-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 569
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 559 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, RAFFERTY, TOMLINSON, ROBBINS, EARLL, ALLOWAY, YAW, ORIE AND WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
AN ACT
Providing for the designation of the building referred to as the
Commonwealth Keystone Building in the City of Harrisburg as
the Thomas D. Larson Building.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Thomas D. Larson Building.
(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
declares as follows:
(1) Thomas D. Larson served as Secretary of
Transportation from 1979 to 1987 during Governor Richard
Thornburgh's administration.
(2) Larson is recognized as the individual who was
instrumental in reforming the Department of Transportation
and making it a national model of professionalism and
innovation.
(3) After completing his service as secretary, Larson
was sworn in as Federal Highway Administrator on August 10,
1989, and served until 1993.
(4) During his tenure as Federal Highway Administrator,
he played an important role in the crafting of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) (Public
Law 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914).
(5) Before and after his public service to the
Commonwealth and the United States, Larson also distinguished
himself as a professor of civil and environmental engineering
at The Pennsylvania State University, College of Engineering,
and in preparing the next generation of transportation
professionals.
(6) Pennsylvania lost a dedicated public servant,
teacher and community leader on July 20, 2006.
(b) Designation.--The building referred to as the
Commonwealth Keystone Building in the City of Harrisburg is
designated as, and shall be known as, the Thomas D. Larson
Building.
(c) Signs.--The Department of General Services shall erect
and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
subsection (b).
Section 2. Repeal.
All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are
inconsistent with this act.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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