Pennsylvania Act 2006-54 — SERGEANT WILLIAM V. FERNANDEZ HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION

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SERGEANT WILLIAM V. FERNANDEZ HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION
                  Act of Jun. 29, 2006, P.L. 217, No. 54              Cl. 87
                                  AN ACT

     Designating a portion of State Route 422 in Berks County as the
        Sergeant William V. Fernandez Highway.

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

     Section 1.  Sergeant William V. Fernandez Highway.
        (a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
     follows:
            (1)  Sergeant William V. Fernandez was a resident of
     Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, and served with the
     Pennsylvania Army National Guard's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 104th
     Cavalry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, based out of
     Philadelphia.
            (2)  Sergeant William V. Fernandez was serving in Iraq
     when an improvised explosive device detonated near the convoy he
     was riding in while on patrol in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province,
     Iraq.
        (b)  Designation.--The portion of State Route 422 in West
     Reading Borough, the City of Reading, Cumru Township and Exeter
     Township beginning at Penn Avenue in West Reading to East
     Neversink Road in Exeter Township, Berks County, is hereby
     designated the Sergeant William V. Fernandez Highway.
        (c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
     maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway
     under subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.
     Section 2.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect in 60 days.