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                                            HOUSE BILL NO. 178
                         IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                             THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
     BY REPRESENTATIVES EASTMAN, LeDoux
     Introduced: 3/14/17
     Referred: House Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, Transportation
                                                     A BILL
                                         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act relating to recognition of individual veterans along certain veterans' memorial
 2   roads and on certain veterans' memorial bridges."
 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 4     * Section 1. AS 35.40.035 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
 5                   (g) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall accept nominations
 6           from veterans' organizations to name a portion of a road or bridge described in this
 7           section for an individual veteran. On the first day of each legislative session, the
 8           Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the president of the
 9           senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a list of nominations received
10           under this subsection. The legislature may commend one or more nominees submitted
11           under this subsection in accordance with the provisions for adopting citations under
12           the uniform rules of the legislature. The Department of Transportation and Public
13           Facilities may designate a portion of a road or bridge for an individual veteran
14           commended by the legislature and make arrangements for the designing and posting of
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 1            signs and other markers. The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs and the
 2            Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may accept gifts, donations, and
 3            grants for the purpose of establishing and maintaining signs under this subsection. The
 4            Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may not post or maintain a sign or
 5            other marker unless it has been funded by gifts, donations, or grants received under
 6            this subsection. In this subsection, "veteran" means a person who served in the
 7            uniformed services and who received an honorable discharge.
8     * Sec. 2. AS 37.05.146(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:
9                            (90)   gifts, donations, and grants received by the Department of
10            Transportation and Public Facilities or the Department of Military and Veterans'
11            Affairs for the purpose of establishing and maintaining signs under AS 35.40.035(g).
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Statutes affected: 
HB0178A, AM HB 178, introduced 03/14/2017: 35.40.035, 37.05.146