SF 3526

2nd Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to highways; designating the Shawn Silvera Memorial Highway;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 56. new text end

new text begin Shawn Silvera Memorial Highway. new text end

new text begin (a) Marked Interstate Highway 35
from its intersection with Broadway Street in Forest Lake to the point where the highway
divides into marked Interstate Highways 35E and 35W, and marked Interstate Highway
35W from the point where it divides from marked Interstate Highway 35E to Lake Drive
in Lino Lakes; are designated as the "Shawn Silvera Memorial Highway."
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design
to memorialize this highway, in consultation with and approval by the Shawn Silvera
Foundation, that conforms to the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by
the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section 169.06, except for the following
requirements:
new text end

new text begin (1) be a height of at least 60 inches, and a width of at least 48 inches; and
new text end

new text begin (2) have a background color of blue, and have white lettering.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner of transportation shall erect suitable signs as close as
practicable to the following locations, subject to section 161.139:
new text end

new text begin (1) one sign on southbound marked Interstate Highway 35 at its intersection with
Washington County Highway 2;
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new text begin (2) one sign on northbound marked Interstate Highway 35W within 300 feet of the
location at which Officer Silvera was killed in the line of duty on September 6, 2005;
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new text begin (3) one sign on northbound marked Interstate Highway 35 between the point where
it divides into marked Interstate Highways 35E and 35W and marked Trunk Highway
97; and
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new text begin (4) one sign on southbound marked Interstate Highway 35 south of its intersection
with marked Trunk Highway 97.
new text end