1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing a named highway; identifying segments 
1.3 	of trunk highways in Todd County as the Veterans Memorial Scenic Loop;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.14, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 64.Veterans Memorial Scenic Loop. (a) Subject to the requirements 
1.9 	under paragraph (c), the following described route is designated the "Veterans Memorial 
1.10 	Scenic Loop":
1.11 	(1) Constitutional Route No. 4, signed as U.S. Highway 71 on the effective date of 
1.12 	this section, from its intersection with Todd County State-Aid Highway 38 in the city of 
1.13 	Long Prairie, to its intersection with Legislative Route No. 287, signed as Trunk Highway 
1.14 	287 on the effective date of this section, in the city of Long Prairie;
1.15 	(2) Legislative Route No. 287, signed as Trunk Highway 287 on the effective date of 
1.16 	this section, from its intersection with Constitutional Route No. 4, signed as U.S. Highway 
1.17 	71 on the effective date of this section, in the city of Long Prairie, to its intersection with 
1.18 	Todd County State-Aid Highway 12 in the city of Long Prairie; and
1.19 	(3) Legislative Route No. 287, signed as Trunk Highway 287 on the effective 
1.20 	date of this section, from its intersection with Todd County State-Aid Highway 6 to its 
1.21 	terminus in the city of Grey Eagle.
1.22 	(b) The commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this route and 
1.23 	erect appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139.
2.1 	(c) The designation under this subdivision is effective upon establishment by local 
2.2 	road authorities of a continuous designated route connecting all of the segments of trunk 
2.3 	highway specified in paragraph (a) and bearing the same route designation name, as 
2.4 	determined by the commissioner.