CSSB 203(FIN): "An Act designating the Alaska marine highway system and portions of the Parks, Glenn, Seward, and Sterling Highways as a part of the State's Purple Heart Trail and relating to signage and informational displays for the trail."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 203(FIN) 01 "An Act designating the Alaska marine highway system and portions of the Parks, 02 Glenn, Seward, and Sterling Highways as a part of the State's Purple Heart Trail and 03 relating to signage and informational displays for the trail." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 35.40.210(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) The Alaska Highway from the Alaska-Canada Border to Delta Junction, 07 [AND] the Richardson Highway between Delta Junction and Fairbanks, the George 08 Parks Highway between Fairbanks and Wasilla, the Glenn Highway between 09 Wasilla and Anchorage, the Seward Highway between Anchorage and the 10 Seward-Sterling highway junction, the Sterling Highway to its termination at the 11 end of the Homer Spit, and the Alaska marine highway system are concurrently 12 designated the Purple Heart Trail. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 35.40.210(b) is amended to read: 14 (b) The department shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on each vessel
01 of the Alaska marine highway system and facing the oncoming traffic in both 02 directions entering the highway at Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Tok Junction, the Alaska 03 Border, the Veterans Memorial at Byers Lake, Wasilla, Anchorage, the junction 04 of the Seward and Sterling highways, Soldotna, Homer, and at points determined 05 by the department [APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY] between those locations 06 designating the highways described in (a) of this section as the Purple Heart Trail. 07 Each sign must 08 (1) display a replica of the Purple Heart Medal; 09 (2) contain the following statement: "Purple Heart Trail." 10 * Sec. 3. AS 35.40.210(c) is amended to read: 11 (c) At not fewer than six [THREE] pullouts along the Purple Heart Trail, 12 selected by the commissioner, the department shall erect informational displays 13 including 14 (1) a replica of the Purple Heart Medal; 15 (2) the following statement: "Purple Heart Trail"; 16 (3) information pertinent to the Purple Heart Medal and Purple Heart 17 Trail and their history. 18 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 19 read: 20 DONATIONS FOR PURPLE HEART TRAIL SIGNAGE AND INFORMATIONAL 21 DISPLAYS. Notwithstanding the absence of separate accounting authority under 22 AS 37.05.146, The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may accept gifts, 23 donations, and grants from a person or agency for the purpose of providing signage and 24 informational displays required by AS 35.40.210(b) and (c), as amended by secs. 2 and 3 of 25 this Act. Gifts, donations, and grants shall be used in accordance with a memorandum of 26 understanding agreed on by the donor and the department. 27 * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 28 read: 29 PURPLE HEART HIGHWAY SIGNAGE AND INFORMATIONAL DISPLAYS. 30 The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may create and erect the signs and 31 informational displays required by AS 43.40.210(b) and (c), as amended by secs. 2 and 3 of
01 this Act, as funding for the signs and displays is made available through appropriation or 02 donation to the department, regardless of whether the department has sufficient funding to 03 create and erect all the signs and informational displays required by AS 35.40.210(b) and (c), 04 as amended by secs. 2 and 3 of this Act.