SF 3526

as introduced - 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; marked Interstate Highway 35E
from the point where it divides from marked Interstate Highway 35 to marked Trunk
Highway 96; 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 at the following
locations, subject to section 161.139:
new text end

new text begin (1) one sign in each direction on marked Interstate Highway 35 at its intersection
with Washington County Highway 2;
new text end

new text begin (2) one sign in each direction on 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; and
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new text begin (3) one sign in each direction where marked Interstate Highway 35 divides into
marked Interstate Highways 35E and 35W.
new text end