Bill Text: PA SB242 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the bridge that carries State Route 601 over Barclay Run in the Borough of Somerset, Somerset County, as the Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-12-22 - Act No. 119 [SB242 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB242-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 209
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 242 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, JANUARY 24, 2011
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 24, 2011
AN ACT
Designating the bridge that carries State Route 601 over Barclay
Run in the Borough of Somerset, Somerset County, as the
Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.
(a) Declaration.--The General Assembly declares that Trooper
Stephen R. Gyurke made the ultimate sacrifice for this
Commonwealth on August 24, 1958, when he died of injuries
suffered while performing his duties. Trooper Gyurke was
assigned to the Pennsylvania State Police Troop B-2 when on
August 21, 1958, he suffered severe injuries that would
eventually lead to his death during a traffic stop on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County.
(b) Designation.--The bridge that carries State Route 601
over Barclay Run in the Borough of Somerset, Somerset County, is
designated as the Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall place and
maintain appropriate signs at both ends of the bridge designated
in subsection (b).
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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