Bill Text: PA HB1457 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Redesignating Concord Road (S.R. 3007) in Chester Township, Delaware County, as Judge Robert A. Wright Memorial Road.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-03 - Laid on the table [HB1457 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1457-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1763
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1457 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, KILLION, DeWEESE, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE, MIRABITO, FREEMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, DALEY, MAHONEY AND GOODMAN, MAY 4, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 4, 2011
AN ACT
Redesignating Concord Road (S.R. 3007) in Chester Township,
Delaware County, as Judge Robert A. Wright Memorial Road.
WHEREAS, Judge Robert A. Wright, a native of the City of
Chester, broke racial barriers by becoming the first African
American to serve in the Delaware County District Attorney's
Office and on the county court; and
WHEREAS, Judge Wright had the unique privilege of swearing in
his own son, Robert C. Wright, to the bench in 1992, and the two
also had the historic privilege of being the first father and
son to serve together on the Common Pleas Court for Delaware
County; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Temple Law School, Judge Wright was
appointed to the court in 1970 and was elected to his first ten-
year term in 1971; and
WHEREAS, In December 1989, he was appointed to a senior
status on the court until 2003 when he was named a court
conciliator; and
WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a judge, he served six years as an
assistant district attorney; and
WHEREAS, Judge Wright received the Donald J. Orlowsky Award
from the Delaware County Bar Association and the Delaware County
Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Award; and
WHEREAS, Judge Wright will be remembered as a learned jurist
who combined integrity and compassion with his strong knowledge
of the law and who always reached a fair and just result; and
WHEREAS, After a distinguished law career spanning 45 years,
Judge Wright retired in 1989 and passed away on Wednesday,
February 3, 2010, at Glen Mills Senior Living at the age of 90.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Judge Robert A. Wright Memorial Road.
(a) Redesignation.--The road located in Chester Township,
Delaware County, known as Concord Road (S.R. 3007) is
redesignated as Judge Robert A. Wright Memorial Road.
(b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate road signs displaying the redesignated name
of the road to traffic in both directions.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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