Highways: memorial; criteria for highway renaming; provide for. Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 1b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0708'25
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Overview
This bill amends the Michigan Memorial Highway Act to establish clearer criteria for renaming state highways as memorials. It specifies that a highway can only be designated to honor an individual, group, organization, or event that is historically or culturally significant to Michigan or the United States. The designation must be for a deceased individual or relate to public service officers or service members who died in the line of duty.
Key provisions
- Memorial designations can only be made for specific categories of subjects.
- The subject must be historically or culturally significant.
- For individuals, groups, or organizations, the subject must be deceased.
- For service members, the service member must have died in the line of duty.
- Designations for groups must relate to public service officers or service members killed in the line of duty.
Who is affected
- Individuals
- Organizations
- Families of public service officers and service members
- Historical societies
- State of Michigan
Notable changes
- Adds specific criteria for eligibility for memorial highway designations.
- Requires deceased individuals for individual/group designations.
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