<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>on highways; designating the Speaker Irvin N. Anderson Memorial Highway;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 161.139; 161.14, subdivision 18, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>adding a subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.139, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>161.139 HIGHWAY DESIGNATION COSTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>The commissioner shall not adopt a design or erect a sign to mark or memorialize a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>highway or bridge, pursuant to designation by the legislature on or after January 1, 1996, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>unless the commissioner is assured of the availability of funds from nonstate sources <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>sufficient to pay all costs related to designing, erecting, and maintaining the signs. The <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>commissioner may remove a sign that marks or memorializes a highway or bridge as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>designated by the legislature if:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(1) the sign requires maintenance, repair, or replacement;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(2) the commissioner has made a reasonable effort to obtain funds for maintenance, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>repair, or replacement from nonstate sources; and<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(3) the funds obtained under clause (2) are insufficient to pay all related costs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.14, subdivision 18, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>    Subd. 18.  <b>Voyageur Highway.</b> The following route is named and designated the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>"Voyageur Highway": <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    (a) Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 26 on the boundary line between <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>the states of Minnesota and Iowa; thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. 26 to its <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>junction with Trunk Highway No. 61; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>61 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 10 in the city of St. Paul; thence extending <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>in a general northwesterly direction along Trunk Highway No. 10 to its junction with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>Trunk Highway No. 371 at Little Falls; thence extending in a general northerly direction <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>along Trunk Highway No. 371 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 210 at Brainerd; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 210 to its junction with Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>No. 169 at Aitkin; thence in a general northerly direction along Trunk Highway No. 169 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 2 at Grand Rapids, except that portion that is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>designated as the Jim Oberstar Causeway; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>No. 2 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 71 at Bemidji; thence northeasterly along <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>Trunk Highway No. 71 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 11 at Pelland; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53 at <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>International Falls; thence southeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 53 to its junction with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Central Entrance at Duluth. Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 61 at its junction <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>with Interstate Highway 35 and thence northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 61 to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>boundary line between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, Canada. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    (b) The route of the Voyageur Highway designated and described in clause (a) is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>supplemented by legs or alternative routes described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 1 at its junction with Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>No. 61 northerly of Silver Bay; thence northwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to Ely; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>thence southwesterly along Trunk Highway No. 1 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>169; thence southerly and westerly along Trunk Highway No. 169 to its junction with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>Trunk Highway No. 53, and there terminating. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>    Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 11 at its junction with Trunk Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>No. 53 at International Falls; thence easterly along Trunk Highway No. 11 to its easterly <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>terminus near Island View. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    Beginning at a point on Trunk Highway No. 33 at its junction with Interstate <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>Highway marked I-35 southerly of Cloquet, thence northerly along Trunk Highway No. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>33 to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 53. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>    (c) The commissioner of transportation shall: <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    (1) adopt a suitable marking design of signs or informational plaques; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>    (2) effect the installation of such signs or plaques in public waysides or other public <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>areas as approved and designated by the commissioner. <br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    Subd. 62. <b>Speaker Irvin N. Anderson Memorial Highway.</b> That portion of Route <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>No. 11 known as Trunk Highway 53 on the effective date of this section, from the junction <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>of the northern city limits of Virginia to the intersection with marked Trunk Highway 11 in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>the city of International Falls, is designated the "Speaker Irvin N. Anderson Memorial <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>Highway." The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable design to mark this <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>highway and erect suitable signs, subject to section 161.139.<br/>