Pennsylvania Act 2009-55 — TROOPER JOSHUA D. MILLER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION

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TROOPER JOSHUA D. MILLER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION
                  Act of Dec. 22, 2009, P.L. 603, No. 55              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Designating Route 611, from Main Street in the Village of
        Tobyhanna to Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe
        County, as the Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.

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

     Section 1.  Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.
        (a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
     follows:
            (1)  Trooper Joshua D. Miller was killed in the line of
        duty on June 7, 2009, while attempting to apprehend a
        kidnapping suspect. While engaged in a gun battle with the
        suspect, another State trooper and a local police officer
        were able to rescue the nine-year-old child who was being
        abducted.
            (2)  Trooper Miller, age 34, was a six-year veteran of
        the Pennsylvania State Police and had received several
        commendations for his work protecting the citizens of this
        Commonwealth. A resident of Pittston Township, Pennsylvania,
        he is survived by his wife and three children.
        (b)  Designation.--Route 611, from Main Street in the Village
     of Tobyhanna to Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe
     County, is hereby designated as the Trooper Joshua D. Miller
     Memorial Highway.
        (c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
     maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
     traffic in both directions.
     Section 2.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect in 60 days.