SPONSOR: Jordan
Currently, the governing body of a county, city, or village may designate a street, road, or highway as a memorial road for any law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty. This bill allows for memorial roads to be named for emergency personnel and members of the Armed Forces in addition to law enforcement officers.
The bill also repeals several sections of law including:
(1) The requirement to maintain fingerboards at road forks and crossings;
(2) The requirement for certain people lay down planks while crossing bridges to protect the roadway;
(3) The prohibition of any person from driving animals across a recently repaired roadway, bridge, or culvert that has not been open to traffic; and
(4) The authorization for the road district commissioners or the board of directors of a township to temporarily abandon a road to allow for the mining or removal of coal from beneath the road.
Statutes affected: