Pennsylvania Act 2007-14 — MARINE LANCE CORPORAL JASON L. FRYE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION

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AN ACT

Designating a portion of State Route 74 in Perry County as the Marine Lance Corporal Jason L. Frye Memorial Highway.

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

Section 1. Marine Lance Corporal Jason L. Frye Memorial Highway.

(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Jason L. Frye was born February 1, 1986. He graduated from West Perry High School and in September 2004 enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He studied carpentry at the county vocational technical school and was an avid outdoorsman. He was a devout Lutheran and a member of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in his hometown of Landisburg, Perry County.

(2) Frye entered the United States Marine Corps under the Delayed Enlistment Program in December 2003. He was deployed to Iraq in July 2005 following basic training.

(3) Frye, a Private First Class on enlistment, was promoted to Lance Corporal at the completion of his infantry training.

(4) Lance Corporal Frye, age 19, served with distinction in the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, G Company, Weapons Platoon, until his death on October 6, 2005, in Fallujah, Iraq. He was killed while on patrol with his unit by an improvised explosive device (IED).

(b) Designation.--State Route 74 in Spring Township, Perry County, from the intersection with State Route 274 southward to the Cumberland County line is hereby designated as the Marine Lance Corporal Jason L. Frye Memorial Highway.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under subsection (b).

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.