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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 225
April 20, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SCHUTT, C. ANDERSON, JACOBSON,
EDMING, BEHNKE, CABRERA, CONLEY, DONOVAN, DRAKE, EMERSON, JOERS, S.
JOHNSON, PENTERMAN, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, SINICKI, SPIROS, SUBECK,
WICHGERS and ORTIZ-VELEZ, cosponsored by Senators SPREITZER, NASS,
CARPENTER, WANGGAARD and TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on
Transportation.
1 AN ACT to create 84.10341 of the statutes; relating to: designating and marking
2 the Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, certain highway routes and bridges have been designated
and marked to memorialize, commemorate, or recognize certain individuals, groups,
or events. This bill directs the Department of Transportation to designate and mark
STH 11 from the western border of the village of Orfordville to the eastern border of
the village of Footville as the “Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway.”
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 84.10341 of the statutes is created to read:
4 84.10341 Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway. The
5 department shall designate and mark the route of STH 11, commencing at the
6 western border of the village of Orfordville and proceeding easterly to the eastern
7 border of the village of Footville, as the “Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial
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ASSEMBLY BILL 225 SECTION 1
1 Highway" in recognition of the sacrifice of Corporal Benjamin H. Neal, a proud
2 member of the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
3 Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, who, on April 25, 2012, died
4 from injuries caused by an improvised explosive device during Operation Enduring
5 Freedom in Zharay, Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.
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