Pennsylvania HB 1546: An Act designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 164, Cove Mountain Road, from the intersection with Frederick Road in Taylor Township to the intersection with Agway Road in North Woodbury Township, Blair County, as the Representative Jerry A. Stern Memorial Highway.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1823
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1546
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BARGER, STAMBAUGH, CAUSER, STAATS, COOK, CUTLER,
BENNINGHOFF, BERNSTINE, MENTZER, KAUFFMAN, SCHMITT, ANDERSON
AND ROWE, JUNE 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 3, 2025
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 164, Cove Mountain
Road, from the intersection with Frederick Road in Taylor
Township to the intersection with Agway Road in North
Woodbury Township, Blair County, as the Representative Jerry
A. Stern Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Representative Jerry A. Stern Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Jerry Allen Stern was born January 11, 1955, in
Roaring Spring, Blair County.
(2) Jerry graduated from Central High School in 1972 and
attended Altoona School of Commerce, Penn State Altoona and
the Altoona Bible Institute where he completed a three-year
course in Bible Studies.
(3) Jerry was elected to the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives in 1992 where he honorably served the
constituents of the 80th Legislative District until January
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6, 2015.
(4) Representative Stern was a lifetime member of the
Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church, where he served as a
deacon and Sunday school teacher and sang with the Adult
Choir and Maranatha Quartet.
(5) Representative Stern also served as a lay minister
for his church and for many other local churches.
(6) Representative Stern also was a member of the
Martinsburg Sportsmen's Association, the Blair County Chamber
of Commerce, Blair County Farm Bureau and the Blair County
Republican Committee.
(7) Representative Stern was a longtime member of the
local Rotary International, serving twice as President and as
the Assistant District Governor.
(8) Representative Stern also served his community as a
board member for Nason Hospital and the Hollidaysburg
American Legion Ambulance Service.
(9) Representative Stern also enjoyed bowling, where he
earned his professional card, gardening and playing softball
as a longtime, proud team member of the world-famous Cobras
softball team.
(10) Representative Stern loved spending time with his
family and sharing his faith with everyone he crossed paths
with during his day.
(11) Representative Stern passed away on December 11,
2024.
(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 164,
Cove Mountain Road, from the intersection with Frederick Road in
Taylor Township to the intersection with Agway Road in North
Woodbury Township, Blair County, is designated as the
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Representative Jerry A. Stern Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the designated
highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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