1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to highways; designating Purple Heart
1.3 	Memorial Highway; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	section 161.14, subdivision 25, by adding a
1.5 	subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14,
1.8 	subdivision 25, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 25.Paul bunyan expressway.  That portion of Trunk
1.10 	Highway marked 371 from Little Falls to its intersection with
1.11 	Trunk Highway marked 2 in Cass Lake, except for that portion
1.12 	named in subdivision 45, and that portion of Trunk Highway
1.13 	marked 2 from its intersection with Trunk Highway marked 371 in
1.14 	Cass Lake to Bemidji, is named and designated the "Paul Bunyan
1.15 	Expressway."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking
1.16 	design to mark this highway and shall erect the appropriate
1.17 	signs.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is
1.19 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.20 		Subd. 50.Purple heart memorial highway. (a) Except for
1.21 	that portion designated under subdivision 45, the route signed
1.22 	as Trunk Highway 371 on the effective date of this subdivision,
1.23 	from its intersection with U. S. Highway 10 near the city of
1.24 	Little Falls to its intersection with U. S. Highway 2 in the
1.25 	city of Cass Lake, is named and designated the "Purple Heart
2.1 	Memorial Highway." 
2.2 	(b) Subject to the provisions of section 161.139, the
2.3 	commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark the
2.4 	highway and shall erect the appropriate signs.