PRINTER'S NO. 172
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
178
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, READSHAW, FREEMAN, KINSEY, KNOWLES,
DiGIROLAMO, THOMAS, HENNESSEY, CONKLIN, CAUSER, COHEN,
TOEPEL, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, BROWNLEE, BARRAR, HAHN,
McNEILL, KAUFFMAN, WATSON, MARSICO, COX, TALLMAN, W. KELLER,
PAYNE, LONGIETTI, DONATUCCI, A. HARRIS, GILLEN, MATZIE,
MILLARD, DUSH, GRELL, O'NEILL, D. COSTA, MURT, FARINA,
SCHWEYER, JOZWIAK, GABLER, M. K. KELLER, MAJOR, GIBBONS AND
McCARTER, JANUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a section of State Route 43 at the Mon-Fayette
Expressway Interchange with State Route 88, known as Exit 28,
in Fayette County as the Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty Memorial
Interchange.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.–-The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Thomas Richard Matty was born on October 4, 1945, in
Denbo, Pennsylvania.
(2) He was a 1963 graduate of Bethlehem Center High
School where he excelled in many sports, especially baseball.
He received a business administration degree from the
Educational Institute of Pittsburgh in 1965.
(3) Thomas R. Matty enlisted in the United States Marine
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Corps in 1966. He attended boot camp training at Parris
Island and additional training at Camp Lejeune and at El
Toro, California. He arrived in Vietnam on November 9, 1967.
(4) Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty made the ultimate
sacrifice for his country when he was killed in the vicinity
of Quang Nam Province in South Vietnam on December 21, 1967,
at 22 years of age.
(5) Bethlehem Center High School continues to honor
Marine Cpl. Thomas R. Matty by giving an award to a senior
class member in his honor.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 43 in Fayette
County at the Mon-Fayette Expressway Interchange with State
Route 88, known as Exit 28, is hereby designated the Marine Cpl.
Thomas R. Matty Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect
and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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