Section 13. Trooper John W. Marin Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Trooper John W. Marin was born on May 20, 1945, in Geneva to the late Lida Martin Marin and the late John Marin, Sr.
(2) Upon graduation in 1963 from Conneaut Lake High School in Crawford County, Trooper Marin worked at the Meadville Malleable Iron Company.
(3) On November 7, 1968, Trooper Marin dedicated his life to public safety by joining the Pennsylvania State Police.
(4) During his career with the Pennsylvania State Police, Trooper Marin served as a sniper, patrol trooper, public information officer, liaison to the United States Marshals Service and criminal investigator.
(5) Trooper Marin was awarded the Letter of Commendation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as lead investigator on a three-year, multistate investigation in the 1980s.
(6) According to William V. Conley, a former Federal, State and county prosecutor and First Deputy Attorney General, the investigation in which Trooper Marin was awarded the Letter of Commendation was one of the largest known tractor trailer theft rings in the eastern United States and involved multiple arsons, corrupt state officials, a murder conspiracy, a conspiracy to steal M-16 ammunition from an armory in Indiana and the prosecution of a corrupt sheriff in Georgia by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and culminated in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations prosecution and conviction of the leader of this wide-ranging organization in Pittsburgh.
(7) Trooper Marin retired from the Pennsylvania State Police in 1994.
(8) Trooper Marin studied martial arts, earning his Black Belt in Kung Fu and Red Sash in Kuntao in 1975.
(9) Trooper Marin was respected in Crawford County for his dedication and affinity for his community from life through death with his request that his ashes find their final resting place at Bridge Key 13321, located on State Route 3021, also known as Geneva Road, over the Conneaut Outlet, Union Township, Crawford County.
(10) Union Township and Greenwood Township, Crawford County, as well as the Pennsylvania State Police, support the designation of Bridge Key 13321, located on State Route 3021, also known as Geneva Road, over the Conneaut Outlet, Union Township, Crawford County, as the Trooper John W. Marin Memorial Bridge.
(11) Trooper Marin passed away peacefully with his family at his side on November 3, 2018.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 13321, located on State Route 3021, also known as Geneva Road, over the Conneaut Outlet, Union Township, Crawford County, is designated the Trooper John W. Marin Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.