AB672: Bill Text

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Assembly BILL 672

January 24, 2014 - Introduced by Representative Mursau. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AB672,1,3 An Act to renumber 84.10345; and to create 84.10345 (2) of the statutes; relating to: signs for the Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge on STH 141 in Oconto County.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must designate and mark the bridge on STH 141 in the Town of Lena in Oconto County as the "Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge" in honor and recognition of Nichole M. Frye, who sacrificed her life in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Under this bill, if DOT receives from a nonprofit organization two signs meeting certain criteria that display the words "SPC Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge," DOT must attach these signs to the Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge in a specified manner. DOT may not charge a sign installation fee in excess of its actual cost of installation of these signs. The requirement that DOT install these signs applies regardless of whether DOT previously installed markers for the bridge.

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:

AB672,1 Section 1. 84.10345 of the statutes is renumbered 84.10345 (1).

AB672,2 Section 2. 84.10345 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB672,2,6 84.10345 (2) (a) Upon receipt from a nonprofit organization, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), of 2 signs that display the words "SPC Nichole M. Frye Memorial Bridge" in white lettering, with the abbreviation "SPC" and the first letter of each word capitalized, set against a brown background, the department shall attach these signs to the bridge under sub. (1).

AB672,2,11 (b) The department shall attach the signs under par. (a) so that, on each end of the bridge, one sign is visible to, and can be read by, drivers and passengers approaching the bridge in a vehicle operated at a speed equal to the applicable speed limit and operated in any permissible traffic lane when the vehicle is at a distance of 40 yards from the nearest end of the bridge.

AB672,2,14 (c) The department may charge an installation fee to the nonprofit organization providing the signs under par. (a) but this fee may not exceed the department's actual cost of installing the 2 signs provided by the nonprofit organization.

AB672,2,17 (d) The requirements under this subsection apply notwithstanding any marking of the bridge under sub. (1) by the department prior to the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

AB672,2,18 (End)