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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
May 21, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Hines, Hahn, Ballweg, Berceau,
Bies, Gronemus, Gunderson, Gundrum, Lothian, M. Williams, Owens,
Petrowski, Sheridan, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend and Turner, cosponsored
by Senators Miller, Olsen, Risser, Breske, Darling, Erpenbach, Kedzie,
Lassa and Plale, by request of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB351,1,3
1An Act to create 84.1024 of the statutes;
relating to: designating and marking
2a bridge in Columbia County as the Veterans of the American Revolution
3Memorial Bridge.
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 to designate and, upon
receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, mark the bridge across the
Wisconsin River between the towns of Dekorra and Caledonia as the "Veterans of the
American Revolution Memorial Bridge" to serve as a memorial to the veterans who
are buried in Wisconsin who served this nation in the American Revolution. No state
funds, other than from contributions from interested parties, may be used for the
erection or maintenance of any marker to identify the bridge as the "Veterans of the
American Revolution Memorial Bridge."
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB351, s. 1
4Section
1. 84.1024 of the statutes is created to read:
AB351,2,4
584.1024 Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge. (1) The
6department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2), mark the bridge on I 39/90/94
1across the Wisconsin River between the towns of Dekorra and Caledonia in Columbia
2County as the "Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge," as a living
3memorial to and in honor of veterans who are buried in Wisconsin who served this
4nation in the American Revolution.
AB351,2,11
5(2) Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including
6any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining
7markers, the department shall erect and maintain, at the 2 interstate rest areas
8located nearest to the bridge specified in sub. (1), markers identifying the bridge as
9the "Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge." No state funds, other
10than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the
11erection or maintenance of the markers.
