An Act designating a portion of United States highway 54 as the Cannonball Stageline Highway; amending K.S.A. 68-1029 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

New Section 1. United States highway 54 west from the east city limits of the city of Kingman to the west city limits of the city of Greens- burg is hereby designated as the Cannonball Stageline Highway. The secretary of transportation shall place highway signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that the highway is the Can- nonball Stageline Highway, except that such signs shall not be placed until the secretary has received sufficient moneys from gifts and donations to reimburse the secretary for the cost of placing such signs. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to pay for the cost of such highway signs bearing the proper approved inscrip- tion.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 68-1029 is hereby amended to read as follows: 68- 1029. Except where already designated by another name, the entire length of United States highway 54 in the state of Kansas is hereby des- ignated and shall be called ``the Yellow Brick Road.'' The secretary of transportation, with the advice of the travel, tourism and film services division of the department of economic development, may designate short parts of highways which begin, end or cross United States highway 54, as ``the Yellow Brick Road'' in conjunction with the tourism program of the department of economic development. The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and donations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs bearing the proper approved inscription.

Sec. 3. K.S.A. 68-1029 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved April 4, 1996.