1Designating a portion of County Line Road separating Montgomery
2County and Bucks County as the SP4 Ronald C. Smith Memorial
3Highway<-; designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 233 from 
4the northern corporate limits of Newville Borough to the 
5Cumberland County and Perry County line as the Sergeant 
6Timothy L. Hayslett Memorial Highway; and designating a 
7bridge on that portion of US 22/US 322 Eastbound over 
8Interstate 81, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, as the 
9Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Ruffner Memorial Bridge.

10The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11hereby enacts as follows:

12Section 1. SP4 Ronald C. Smith Memorial Highway.

13(a) Findings.--

14(1) SP4 Ronald Carlton Smith was a resident of Hatboro,
15Pennsylvania, before enlisting in the United States Army on
16December 6, 1967, at 23 years of age.

17(2) SP4 Smith was assigned to Troop E, 1st Cavalry, 11th

1Infantry Brigade, Americal Division of the United States Army
2in Vietnam.

3(3) SP4 Smith served as an Armor Reconnaissance
4Specialist, gathering intelligence on terrain features;
5scouting enemy force strength and locations; driving armored,
6tracked and wheeled vehicles and engaging in tactical
7operations against enemy troops.

8(4) While valiantly serving his country, SP4 Smith was
9killed by an explosive device on April 14, 1968, in the Quang
10Ngai Province of South Vietnam.

11(b) Designation.--The section of County Line Road separating
12Montgomery and Bucks Counties from Maple Avenue to Easton Road
13is hereby designated the SP4 Ronald C. Smith Memorial Highway.

14(c) Signs.---The Department of Transportation shall erect
15and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
16highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.

<-17Section 2. Sergeant Timothy L. Hayslett Memorial Highway.

18(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds
19and declares as follows:

20(1) Timothy L. Hayslett was born May 17, 1977, in
21Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He moved to Newville,
22Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County along with his family in
231983. He attended Big Spring High School in Newville and
24entered the United States Army in 1995 where he served for
25eight years.

26(2) Sergeant Hayslett was assigned to the Headquarters
27and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored
28Regiment, 1st Armored Division at Friedberg, Germany. He died
29November 15, 2003, at 26 years of age while on patrol in
30Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device struck his

1Humvee.

2(3) Sergeant Hayslett was awarded the Purple Heart and
3the Bronze Star Medal for his wounds sustained in combat
4against an enemy of the United States. He was also awarded
5the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal,
6the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Iraq Campaign
7Medal with Two Bronze Service Stars.

8(4) Sergeant Timothy Hayslett, the beloved son of Guy L.
9and Mary D. Hayslett of Newville, PA, was courageously
10serving his country at the time of his death, and his
11excellence as a soldier has been extolled by many.

12(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 233 from
13the northern corporate limits of Newville Borough to the
14Cumberland County and Perry County line is hereby designated as
15the Sergeant Timothy L. Hayslett Memorial Highway.

16(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
17maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
18traffic in both directions on the highway.

19Section 3. Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Ruffner Memorial
20Bridge.

21(a) Findings.--

22(1) Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Matthew Ruffner was a
23resident of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County,
24Pennsylvania.

25(2) CWO Ruffner was a pilot and a senior flight
26instructor at Fort Indiantown Gap.

27(3) While bravely serving his country, CWO Ruffner was
28killed in Afghanistan on April 9, 2013, in a helicopter
29crash.

30(b) Designation.--The bridge located on US 22/US 322

1Eastbound over Interstate 81 in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin
2County, is hereby designated the Chief Warrant Officer Matthew
3Ruffner Memorial Bridge.

4(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
5maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
6traffic in both directions on the bridge.

7Section <-2 4. Effective date.

8This act shall take effect <-immediately. as follows:

9(1) Section 3 shall take effect in 60 days.

10(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
11immediately.