SB345: Bill Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Senate BILL 345

May 14, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Marklein, Testin, Feyen, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Jacque, Nass, Pfaff and Ringhand, cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, VanderMeer, Cabral-Guevara, Krug, Dallman, Oldenburg, Anderson, Callahan, Hesselbein, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Mursau, Schraa, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Hintz, Tusler and Spreitzer. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.

SB345,1,2 An Act to amend 84.103 (1t) of the statutes; relating to: designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to designate the entire route of STH 21 as a “Purple Heart Memorial Highway.” The bill also requires DOT to erect a permanent memorial marker along the route to identify its designation.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB345,1 Section 1. 84.103 (1t) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB345,2,4 84.103 (1t) Purple Heart Memorial Highway Highways. The department shall designate USH 14 commencing at the Wisconsin-Minnesota border and proceeding easterly to Richland Center and the entire route of STH 21 as the “Purple Heart Memorial Highway Highways" as a permanent memorial memorials to and in honor of all persons wounded, injured, or killed as the direct result of enemy action who have been awarded this high honor in the name of the president of the United States. The department shall erect a permanent memorial marker markers along this route the designated routes to identify the designation of the highway highways under this subsection.

SB345,2,5 (End)