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SB545 • 2025
Establish the Danny L. Radish Highway in Lincoln County
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Plain English: Amendment - 2nd Reading-yellow - Requested by: Mike Cuffe - (S) Committee of the Whole - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Rebecca Power, SB0545.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 545 SENATE BILL NO.
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Establish the Danny L. Radish Highway in Lincoln County
- 2025 69th Legislature 2025 SB 545 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 545 ENROLLED BILL AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE DANNY L. RADISH HIGHWAY IN LINCOLN COUNTY; DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL SIGNS AT THE LOCATION AND TO INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY ON THE NEXT PUBLICATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY MAP; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish was born on June 8, 1949, in Minot, North Dakota; and WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish served in the United States Marine Corps with distinction; and WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish received the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Two Hundred Sixty- Two, Marine Aircraft Group Sixteen, First Marine Aircraft Wing, in connection with combat operations on February 12, 1970, in the Republic of Vietnam; and WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism while serving as crew chief aboard a CH-46E helicopter on the morning of November 15, 1982; and WHEREAS, the Enlisted Aircrewman of the Year Award was established in honor of Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish for the most outstanding contribution by a Marine enlisted aircrewman and is awarded annually; and WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish has lived in Eureka, Montana, for decades; and WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish served as the safety director of the mill in Eureka; and WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish is a respected member of the Eureka community; and - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 SB 545 - 2 - Authorized Print Version – SB 545 ENROLLED BILL WHEREAS, the 69th Legislature of the State of Montana honors Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish for his service to our country. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Danny L. Radish highway. (1) There is established the Danny L. Radish highway on highway 37 from mile marker 63.6 to mile marker 66.8 in Lincoln County. (2) The department shall design and install appropriate signs marking the location of the Danny L. Radish highway. (3) Maps that identify roadways in the state must be updated to include the location of the Danny L. Radish highway when the department updates and publishes the state maps. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 60, chapter 1, part 2, and the provisions of Title 60, chapter 1, part 2, apply to [section 1]. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval. - END - I hereby certify that the within bill, SB 545, originated in the Senate. ___________________________________________ Secretary of the Senate ___________________________________________ President of the Senate Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. ___________________________________________ Speaker of the House Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. SENATE BILL NO. 545 INTRODUCED BY M. CUFFE AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE DANNY L. RADISH HIGHWAY IN LINCOLN COUNTY; DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL SIGNS AT THE LOCATION AND TO INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY ON THE NEXT PUBLICATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY MAP; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.