PRINTER'S NO. 1746
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1219
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, MAY 2, 2016
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 2, 2016
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 663 in Montgomery County as
the Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) On March 28, 1968, in the Quang Tri Province, South
Vietnam, Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas was performing his
assigned duty as an infantryman on the battlefield.
(2) During these operations, Army Specialist Hass and
his infantry came under fire.
(3) Army Specialist Haas fought bravely and was mortally
wounded during the firefight, later being pronounced dead at
a hospital in Vietnam.
(b) Designation.--That the portion of State Route 663 from
the Bucks County line, through Pennsburg Borough to the end of
Upper Hanover Township in Montgomery County, is hereby
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designated the Army Specialist Ray Ira Haas Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the 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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