Bill Text: PA HB1783 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating State Route 35 from Selinsgrove to the Snyder County line near Richfield as the Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-16 - Act No. 10 [HB1783 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1783-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2306
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1783 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, PHILLIPS AND HARRIS, JUNE 25, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 25, 2009
AN ACT
Designating State Route 35 from Selinsgrove to the Snyder County
line near Richfield as the Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial
Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Pfc. Justin W. Dreese, a 21-year-old from Freeburg,
Snyder County, died September 2, 2006, from injuries suffered
in a mortar attack while serving in Iraq as a member of the
82nd Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(2) Pfc. Dreese was a 2004 graduate of Selinsgrove High
School. He was deployed to Iraq in July 2006 as a paratrooper
in the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina.
(3) Pfc. Dreese's patrol come under attack in Yusifiyah,
Iraq. Also killed in the combat was Sgt. Ralph N. Porras.
(4) Pfc. Dreese was posthumously awarded the Purple
Heart.
(b) Designation.--State Route 35 from Selinsgrove to the
Snyder County line near Richfield is hereby designated as the
Pfc. Justin W. Dreese 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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