JARRID L. KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE - DESIGNATION — 2012 Pa. Act 19 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

PRINTER'S NO. 1584
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1355Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY SONNEY, HORNAMAN, HARKINS, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, AUMENT, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, EVANKOVICH, FLECK, GABLER, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JOSEPHS, M. K. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METCALFE, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, TOEPEL AND WHEATLEY, APRIL 20, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 20, 2011
AN ACT
Designating the westbound bridge carrying Interstate 90 over Six
Mile Creek in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, as the
Jarrid L. King Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Jarrid L. King Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Jarrid L. King expressed a desire to serve his
country at a young age and enlisted in the United States Army
in March 2009.
(2) Corporal King left for active duty on April 1, 2009,
and was assigned to the 693rd Sapper Company, 7th Engineer
Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division,
Fort Drum, New York.
(3) Corporal King was killed in Ghazni province,
Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011, while supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an
improvised explosive device.
(b) Designation.--The westbound bridge carrying Interstate
90 over Six Mile Creek in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, is
hereby designated and shall be known as the Jarrid L. King
Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs to traffic in the westbound direction
to indicate the designation under subsection (b).
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.