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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
January 31, 2002 - Introduced by Representatives Bies, Powers, Young, Starzyk,
Montgomery, Krawczyk, Kedzie, J. Lehman, Owens, Townsend, Ott, J.
Fitzgerald, McCormick, Morris-Tatum, Sykora, Petrowski, Miller, Hines,
Olsen and Gunderson, cosponsored by Senator Wirch. Referred to
Committee on Transportation.
AB760,1,2
1An Act to create 84.1041 of the statutes;
relating to: designating and marking
2STH 122 as the Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill directs the department of transportation to designate and mark the
entire route of STH 122 as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway" in recognition
and appreciation of the life of Harriet Tubman, a leader in the movement to abolish
slavery in the 19th century who led over 300 slaves to freedom in the North on the
Underground Railroad.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB760, s. 1
3Section
1. 84.1041 of the statutes is created to read:
AB760,2,2
484.1041 Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway. The department shall
5designate and mark the route of STH 122, commencing at STH 77 at Upson and
6proceeding northerly to the Wisconsin-Michigan border in Iron County, as the
7"Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway" in recognition and appreciation of the life of
8Harriet Tubman, a leader in the movement to abolish slavery in the 19th century who
1led more than 300 slaves to freedom in the North by making 19 trips through the
2network of hiding places known as the Underground Railroad.
