AB671: Bill Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Assembly BILL 671

September 19, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Suder, Jeskewitz, Pocan, Freese, Lothian, F. Lasee, Nerison, Ott, Sheridan, Gunderson, Albers, Hines, Owens, Van Roy, Krawczyk and McCormick, cosponsored by Senators Brown, Decker and Grothman. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AB671,1,2 An Act to create 84.1034 of the statutes; relating to: designating and marking a portion of STH 21 as the 2nd Infantry Division Memorial Highway.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, certain highway routes and bridges have been designated and marked to memorialize, commemorate, or recognize certain individuals, groups, or events. This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate and, upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, mark the route of STH 21 from Tomah to Sparta in Monroe County as the "2nd Infantry Division Memorial Highway" to honor the members of the 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, also known as the "Warrior Division," which trained at Fort McCoy from November 1942 to the fall of 1943 and then stormed Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944; who bravely served their country in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Iraq War; and who are headquartered at Camp Red Cloud in Korea, named after Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud from Black River Falls. No state funds, other than from contributions from interested parties, may be used for the erection or maintenance of any markers on STH 21 to identify the highway as the "2nd Infantry Division Memorial Highway." Markers erected by DOT must include the insignia and motto of the 2nd Infantry Division.

For further information see the state and local 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:

AB671, s. 1 Section 1. 84.1034 of the statutes is created to read:

AB671,2,12 84.1034 Second Infantry Division Memorial Highway. (1) The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2), mark the route of STH 21, commencing at the city of Tomah in Monroe County and proceeding westerly to the city of Sparta in Monroe County, as the "2nd Infantry Division Memorial Highway" as a living memorial to and in honor of the members of the 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. army, also known as the "Warrior Division," which trained at Fort McCoy from November 1942 to the fall of 1943 and then stormed Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944; who bravely served their country in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Iraq War; and who are headquartered at Camp Red Cloud in Korea, named after Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud from Black River Falls.

AB671,2,21 (2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers along the route specified in sub. (1) to identify clearly to motorists the designation of the route as the "2nd Infantry Division Memorial Highway," the department shall erect and maintain the markers. The markers shall include the display of the 2nd Infantry Division's shield-star-Indianhead insignia and motto "SECOND TO NONE." No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.

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