Section 32. Honorable Robert W. Godshall Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Robert W. Godshall was born on May 15, 1933, in Souderton, Montgomery County, and lived on the same farm for his entire life.
(2) Mr. Godshall graduated from Souderton High School in 1951 and from Juniata College in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration.
(3) Mr. Godshall later attended graduate school at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania until called home to help run the family's poultry farm due to his father's poor health.
(4) Mr. Godshall became and continued on as president of Godshall's Hatchery until 1990.
(5) In 1962, Mr. Godshall began a 32-year tenure as a Republican committeeman serving as area leader from 1970 until his death.
(6) In 1963, Mr. Godshall was elected to the Souderton Area School Board and served until 1980.
(7) Mr. Godshall also served as the Montgomery County Open Space director from 1975 to 1979, and as Montgomery County controller from 1980 to 1983 where he oversaw the county's pension fund.
(8) In 1982, Mr. Godshall was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives where he served the 53rd Legislative District for 36 years until his retirement in 2018.
(9) Of Mr. Godshall's many accomplishments, several stood out as points of pride for him, including the construction of the Point Pleasant Pumping Station, the development of the National Constitution Center where he served on the board of directors for 12 years and several legislation successes, including the 2017 enactment of his Right-to-Try legislation, legislation phasing in electric rate increases after rate caps were lifted, protecting those on fixed incomes and his work on medical malpractice regulations.
(10) In 2011, Mr. Godshall received the American Hero Award from the National Kidney Registry for his groundbreaking legislation behalf of organ donors.
(11) On November 24, 2019, Robert Godshall passed away at the age of 86.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 113 from its intersection with Schoolhouse Road, in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, and State Route 4027, also known as County Line Road, in Souderton Borough, Montgomery County, is designated the Honorable Robert W. Godshall 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.