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PRINTER'S NO. 3198
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2162
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BIZZARRO, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, COX, DAVIS,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, J. McNEILL,
MILLARD, PICKETT, READSHAW, RYAN, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, WHEELAND,
YOUNGBLOOD, WARD AND HEFFLEY, MARCH 26, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 26, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 2050 in Montgomery County
as the First Lieutenant Geoffrey Lawrence Ham Memorial
Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. First Lieutenant Geoffrey Lawrence Ham Memorial
Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Geoffrey Lawrence Ham graduated from Lower Moreland
High School in 1961 and Temple University in 1965, where he
participated in the ROTC program.
(2) First Lieutenant Ham served as a rifle instructor at
the United States Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia,
before his deployment to Vietnam in March 1967.
(3) On June 28, 1967, First Lieutenant Ham was killed in
action in Kontum Province.
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(4) First Lieutenant Ham received the National Defense
Service Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Vietnam
Campaign Medal and the Purple Heart.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 2050 from
Byberry Road to County Line Road in Lower Moreland Township,
Montgomery County, is designated the First Lieutenant Geoffrey
Lawrence Ham 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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