1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to highways; designating I-94 as POW/MIA Memorial Highway; 
1.3 	requiring POW/MIA flag and interpretive sign at each official safety rest area;
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. 62.POW/MIA Memorial Highway. Marked Interstate Highway 94 from 
1.9 	the border with North Dakota to the border with Wisconsin is hereby designated the 
1.10 	"POW/MIA Memorial Highway." The commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design 
1.11 	to mark this highway and, notwithstanding section 160.272, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
1.12 	or other law to the contrary, shall erect an interpretive sign and fly a POW/MIA flag 
1.13 	at each official safety rest area located along this highway, subject to the requirements 
1.14 	of section 161.139.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.