Pennsylvania Act 2005-24 — REPRESENTATIVE LEROY M. ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE - DESIGNATION

Act text

AN ACT

Designating a certain bridge carrying State Route 322 over Conestoga River in Earl Township, Lancaster County, as the Representative Leroy M. Zimmerman Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Representative Leroy M. Zimmerman Memorial Bridge.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly hereby finds and declares as follows:

(1) Representative Leroy M. Zimmerman (1932-2002) served in the General Assembly from 1994 through December 2002, having been elected to four consecutive terms as a State Representative.

(2) Along with his many years of service to the Commonwealth, Representative Zimmerman was also a respected farmer who served the agricultural community as well as an active member of the Northeast Poultry Council, the National Turkey Federation, the Pennsylvania State University Poultry Science Council and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.

(3) Representative Zimmerman will be remembered for his devoted 34 years of service to the residents of Lancaster County, serving as a Republican committeeman, East Earl Township Supervisor and a State Representative.

(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 322 over Conestoga River in Earl Township, Lancaster County, is designated and shall be known as the Representative Leroy M. Zimmerman Memorial Bridge.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain signs, which shall display the name of the bridge designated in subsection (b), at each end of the bridge.

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.