1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to highways; requiring Department of Transportation to place directional 
1.3 	signs to certain historic sites;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 
1.4 	138.666.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 138.666, is amended to read:
1.7 	138.666 COOPERATION.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Preservation. The state, state departments and agencies, political 
1.9 	subdivisions, and the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall cooperate 
1.10 	with the Minnesota Historical Society in safeguarding state historic sites and in the 
1.11 	preservation of historic and archaeological properties.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Highway signs. The Department of Transportation, to the extent it places 
1.13 	directional signs to historic sites as identified or designed under sections 138.661 to 
1.14 	138.6691, shall place directional signs to historic sites that are open only for part of each 
1.15 	year. The directional signs may include the months in which the historic sites are open. 
1.16 	The department shall take action under this section only if the costs of signs required 
1.17 	under this section are paid from nonstate sources.