AB601: Bill Text

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

2015 Assembly BILL 601

December 11, 2015 - Introduced by Representative Jarchow, cosponsored by Senator Harsdorf. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AB601,1,2 An Act to create 84.10343 of the statutes; relating to: designating and marking STH 87 as the Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to designate and, upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, mark the route of STH 87 as the "Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway." No state funds, other than from contributions from interested parties, may be used for the erection or maintenance of any markers to identify the highway as the "Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway."

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:

AB601,1 Section 1. 84.10343 of the statutes is created to read:

AB601,2,2 84.10343 Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway. (1) The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2), mark the entire route of STH 87 as the "Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway" in honor and recognition of Sergeant Carson Holmquist who lost his life in the July 16, 2015, attack on the U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

AB601,2,9 (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 clearly identify the designation of the route as the "Carson Holmquist 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.

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