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

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 56.Shawn Silvera Memorial Highway. (a) Marked Interstate Highway 35 
1.8 	from its intersection with Broadway Street in Forest Lake to the point where the highway 
1.9 	divides into marked Interstate Highways 35E and 35W; marked Interstate Highway 35E 
1.10 	from the point where it divides from marked Interstate Highway 35 to marked Trunk 
1.11 	Highway 96; and marked Interstate Highway 35W from the point where it divides from 
1.12 	marked Interstate Highway 35E to Lake Drive in Lino Lakes; are designated as the 
1.13 	"Shawn Silvera Memorial Highway."
1.14 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design 
1.15 	to memorialize this highway, in consultation with and approval by the Shawn Silvera 
1.16 	Foundation, that conforms to the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by 
1.17 	the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section 169.06, except for the following 
1.18 	requirements:
1.19 	(1) be a height of at least 60 inches, and a width of at least 48 inches; and
1.20 	(2) have a background color of blue, and have white lettering. 
1.21 	(c) The commissioner of transportation shall erect suitable signs at the following 
1.22 	locations, subject to section 161.139: 
1.23 	(1) one sign in each direction on marked Interstate Highway 35 at its intersection 
1.24 	with Washington County Highway 2; 
2.1 	(2) one sign in each direction on marked Interstate Highway 35W within 300 feet 
2.2 	of the location at which Officer Silvera was killed in the line of duty on September 6, 
2.3 	2005; and 
2.4 	(3) one sign in each direction where marked Interstate Highway 35 divides into 
2.5 	marked Interstate Highways 35E and 35W.