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SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3000 PRINTER'S NO. 3680 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No. 2067 2018 INTRODUCED BY TAYLOR, WHITE, COX, ROTHMAN, B. O'NEILL, HENNESSEY, BAKER, SAYLOR, LONGIETTI, BURNS, GOODMAN, HELM, SANTORA, CAUSER, MARSHALL, BERNSTINE, TOEPEL, DUSH, SONNEY, QUIGLEY, BARRAR, WHEELAND, M. K. KELLER, HILL-EVANS, HEFFLEY, DiGIROLAMO, MURT, WARREN, WATSON, GROVE, BENNINGHOFF, STAATS, GILLEN, CONKLIN AND KORTZ, FEBRUARY 6, 2018 AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 12, 2018 AN ACT 1 Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 73 in Philadelphia <-- 2 County as the Police Officer Isabel Nazario Memorial Highway. 3 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 73 IN PHILADELPHIA <-- 4 COUNTY AS THE POLICE OFFICER ISABEL NAZARIO MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; 5 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 29 IN MONTGOMERY 6 COUNTY AS LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; 7 DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 41 (GAP NEWPORT 8 PIKE) BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 926 (STREET ROAD) AND U.S. 9 ROUTE 1 LOCATED IN LONDON GROVE TOWNSHIP AND LONDONDERRY 10 TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, AS THE TROOPER KENTON IWANIEC 11 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2019, 12 KNOWN AS GARRETT ROAD, IN DELAWARE COUNTY AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF 13 MICHAEL P. MORGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF 14 STATE ROUTE 115 IN MONROE COUNTY AS THE SUBMARINE VETERANS 15 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE OF THAT PORTION OF 16 STATE ROUTE 954 OVER THE NORTH BRANCH OF PLUM CREEK, SOUTH 17 MAHONING TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE PFC WILLIAM T. 18 BRESNOCK MEMORIAL BRIDGE. 19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 20 hereby enacts as follows: 21 Section 1. Police Officer Isabel Nazario Memorial Highway. 22 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as 23 follows: 1 (1) Isabel Santiago Nazario was born in Lynwood, New 2 Jersey, moved to Philadelphia in 1983 and graduated from 3 Olney High School in 1986. 4 (2) Officer Nazario joined the Philadelphia Police 5 Academy on January 8, 1990. 6 (3) Officer Nazario served as a member of the 7 Philadelphia Police Department for 18 years and was assigned 8 to the Narcotics Strike Force and detailed to the 16th Police 9 District in West Philadelphia. 10 (4) Officer Nazario, a Strike Force South C squad 11 officer, was tragically killed in the line of duty on 12 September 5, 2008, at 40 years of age when her patrol car was 13 struck by a stolen SUV on 39th and Wallace Streets in 14 Philadelphia. 15 (b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 73, also 16 known as Cottman Avenue, between U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 1 17 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, is designated 18 the Police Officer Isabel Nazario Memorial Highway. 19 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and 20 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to 21 traffic in both directions on the highway. 22 SECTION 2. LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. <-- 23 (A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS 24 FOLLOWS: 25 (1) LANCE CORPORAL LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBER WAS BORN 26 APRIL 11, 1946, AND LIVED IN EAST GREENVILLE, MONTGOMERY 27 COUNTY. 28 (2) LANCE CORPORAL TAGLIEBER ENLISTED IN THE UNITED 29 STATES MARINE CORPS ON NOVEMBER 15, 1965. 30 (3) IN VIETNAM, LANCE CORPORAL TAGLIEBER SERVED WITH 20180HB2067PN3680 - 2 - 1 SUPPLY COMPANY, 3D SERVICE BATTALION, FLSG-ALPHA, FORCE 2 LOGISTICAL COMMAND, III MAF. 3 (4) ON JUNE 23, 1967, LANCE CORPORAL TAGLIEBER, WHILE 4 UNLOADING AMMUNITION AT A DUMP SITE IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE, 5 VIETNAM, WAS SEVERELY INJURED AS A RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION AND 6 SUBSEQUENT FIRE AT THE FACILITY. 7 (5) ON JULY 5, 1967, TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION, 8 LANCE CORPORAL TAGLIEBER SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES AT A 9 MILITARY HOSPITAL IN JAPAN. 10 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 29 IN 11 MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 663 TO TOLLGATE ROAD 12 IS DESIGNATED THE LEONARD JOSEPH TAGLIEBER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 13 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 14 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO 15 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. 16 SECTION 3. TROOPER KENTON IWANIEC MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 17 (A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS 18 FOLLOWS: 19 (1) TROOPER KENTON IWANIEC WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 18, 20 1983, IN GREENSBURG, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SON OF KEN AND DEB 21 IWANIEC. 22 (2) TROOPER IWANIEC GRADUATED FROM SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE 23 ON MAY 11, 2007, AND ENLISTED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE 24 POLICE ON JUNE 11, 2007. 25 (3) ON MARCH 27, 2008, TROOPER IWANIEC FINISHED HIS 26 SHIFT AT THE AVONDALE BARRACKS IN CHESTER COUNTY AND BEGAN 27 HIS DRIVE HOME. 28 (4) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 P.M., JUST TWO MILES AWAY 29 FROM THE AVONDALE BARRACKS, A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY AN IMPAIRED 30 DRIVER CROSSED THE CENTERLINE OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 41 AND 20180HB2067PN3680 - 3 - 1 HIT TROOPER IWANIEC'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. 2 (5) TROOPER IWANIEC WAS FLOWN TO CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL IN 3 DELAWARE WHERE HE PASSED AWAY TWO HOURS LATER FROM INJURIES 4 SUSTAINED IN THE COLLISION. 5 (6) THE FAMILY OF TROOPER IWANIEC CONTINUES TO RAISE 6 AWARENESS ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF IMPAIRED DRIVING THROUGH 7 THE FORMATION OF THE TROOPER KENTON IWANIEC MEMORIAL 8 FOUNDATION. 9 (7) THE TROOPER KENTON IWANIEC MEMORIAL FOUNDATION 10 ENCOURAGES COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN THE 11 REDUCTION OF IMPAIRED DRIVING. 12 (8) THE MISSION OF THE TROOPER KENTON IWANIEC MEMORIAL 13 FOUNDATION IS TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF ALL VICTIMS OF MOTORISTS 14 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) AND RAISE FUNDS THROUGH 15 EVENTS TO PURCHASE PRELIMINARY BREATH-TESTING DEVICES FOR THE 16 PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 17 THROUGHOUT THIS COMMONWEALTH. 18 (B) DESIGNATION.-- A PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 41 (GAP 19 NEWPORT PIKE) BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 926 (STREET ROAD) AND 20 U.S. ROUTE 1 LOCATED IN LONDON GROVE TOWNSHIP AND LONDONDERRY 21 TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE TROOPER KENTON 22 IWANIEC MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 23 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 24 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO 25 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. 26 SECTION 4. DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL P. MORGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 27 (A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS 28 FOLLOWS: 29 (1) DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL P. MORGAN, A MEMBER OF THE 30 GARRETTFORD-DREXEL HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, PASSED AWAY 20180HB2067PN3680 - 4 - 1 IN THE LINE OF DUTY AT THE AGE OF 48 ON JUNE 26, 2016. 2 (2) DEPUTY CHIEF MORGAN JOINED THE CLIFTON HEIGHTS FIRE 3 COMPANY AS A JUNIOR MEMBER AND SERVED WITH THE GARRETTFORD- 4 DREXEL HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY FOR 31 YEARS. 5 (3) DURING HIS TENURE, DEPUTY CHIEF MORGAN SERVED ON THE 6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AS LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT 7 CHIEF PRIOR TO BECOMING DEPUTY CHIEF OF COMPANY NO. 20. 8 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2019, KNOWN AS 9 GARRETT ROAD, IN DELAWARE COUNTY FROM BURMONT ROAD TO N. 10 LANDSDOWNE AVENUE IS DESIGNATED THE DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL P. 11 MORGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 12 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 13 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO 14 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. 15 SECTION 5. SUBMARINE VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 16 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 115 FROM LONG 17 POND ROAD IN TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, TO STATE 18 ROAD/JONAS ROAD IN CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, IS 19 DESIGNATED THE SUBMARINE VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 20 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 21 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO 22 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. 23 SECTION 6. PFC WILLIAM T. BRESNOCK MEMORIAL BRIDGE. 24 (A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS 25 FOLLOWS: 26 (1) PFC WILLIAM T. BRESNOCK WAS A NATIVE OF SOUTH 27 MAHONING TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY. 28 (2) PFC BRESNOCK WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON DECEMBER 23, 29 1944, DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WHILE SERVING IN 30 LUXEMBOURG WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY, L COMPANY, 109TH 20180HB2067PN3680 - 5 - 1 INFANTRY REGIMENT, 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION. 2 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 954 OVER 3 THE NORTH BRANCH OF PLUM CREEK, SOUTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP, INDIANA 4 COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC WILLIAM T. BRESNOCK MEMORIAL 5 BRIDGE. 6 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND 7 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO 8 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE. 9 Section 2 7. Effective date. <-- 10 This act shall take effect in 60 days. 20180HB2067PN3680 - 6 - .