Dr. Leonard L. Robinson memorial bridge.

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text does not specify details about sign placement or appearance.

Dr. Leonard L. Robinson Memorial Bridge Act

This law names a bridge on Interstate 25 over Center Street in Casper, Wyoming as the Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge and requires signs to be put up.

What This Bill Does

• Names the bridge on Interstate 25 crossing Center Street in Casper, Wyoming, as the 'Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge'.
• Requires the Department of Transportation to install appropriate signage for this memorial bridge.
• Appropriates $5,000 from the general fund to cover the cost of installing these signs.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Transportation is responsible for putting up and maintaining the signs.
• People driving on Interstate 25 in Casper will see the memorial bridge sign.

Terms To Know

Bataan Death March

A forced march by Japanese troops of American and Filipino prisoners during World War II.

Department of Transportation

The government agency responsible for building, maintaining, and regulating transportation infrastructure such as roads and bridges.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify what the signs should look like or where they must be placed.
• It is unclear how long the $5,000 appropriation will cover sign maintenance after initial installation.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0464
Bill No.:

HB0096

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0464

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0066

Chapter No.:

138

Prime Sponsor:

Harshman

Catch Title:

Dr. Leonard L. Robinson memorial bridge.

Subject:

Designating a bridge in Casper, Wyoming as the Dr. Leonard L. Robinson, World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge.

Summary/Major Elements:

The bill designates the bridge on Interstate 25, crossing Center Street in Casper, as the Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March Memorial Bridge. Dr. Robinson was a Casper Wyoming resident who survived the Bataan death march and three and one-half (3.5) years as a prisoner of war in a forced labor camp.

The bill requires the Department of Transportation to install appropriate signage identifying the bridge as designated.

Comments:

The bill appropriates five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to the Department of Transportation for signage.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0464

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0096

ENROLLED ACT NO. 66,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to highways and bridges; designating a bridge as specified; providing for signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 24
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138 is created to read:

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138.

Dr. Leonard L. Robinson World War II Bataan Death March memorial bridge
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The bridge on United States Interstate Highway 25 crossing over Center Street in Casper, Wyoming shall be known as the "Dr. Leonard L. Robinson
World War II Bataan Death March

Memorial Bridge." The department of transportation shall install appropriate signage, in compliance with applicable federal and state law, to identify the Dr. Leonard L. Robinson
World War II Bataan Death March

Memorial Bridge.

Section 2.

Nothing in this act shall require the department of transportation to remove or modify any designation of the bridge specified in section 1 of this act submitted to the federal highway administration.

Section 3.

There is appropriated five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) from the general fund to the department of transportation for purposes of installing signage required by this act.

This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2022.

This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2022.

It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be included in the department of
transportation's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 4
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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