Amendment SSA1-SB271

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, To 1995 SENATE BILL 271

January 23, 1996 - Offered by Committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.

SB271-SSA1,1,2 An Act to create 84.1039 of the statutes; relating to: designating STH 33 as the "84th Division `Railsplitters' Memorial Highway".

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

SB271-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. 84.1039 of the statutes is created to read:

SB271-SSA1,1,11 84.1039 84th Division "Railsplitters" Memorial Highway. (1) The department shall designate and mark, subject to sub. (2), STH 33 commencing at La Crosse and proceeding easterly to Port Washington as the "84th Division `Railsplitters' Memorial Highway" as a living memorial to and in honor of the men and women of the 84th Division who by their bravery and sacrifice in World Wars I and II brought great credit to this state and to their division, which traces its lineage back to the service of Abraham Lincoln in this state during the Blackhawk war of 1832.

SB271-SSA1,2,4 (2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village or town, to cover the cost of erecting and maintaining markers along the route specified in sub. (1) to clearly identify to motorists the designation of the route as the "84th Division `Railsplitters' Memorial Highway", the department shall erect and maintain the markers. No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

SB271-SSA1,2,5 (End)