CHAPTER 52 SENATE BILL No. 155 An Act designating United States highway 75 as the purple heart/combat wounded veterans
highway; amending K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 68-1010 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      New Section  1. The portion of United States highway 75 where it
enters the state on the Kansas-Nebraska border on the north then south
to the junction with K-9 then west to the junction of K-9 with K-62 then
south to the junction of K-62 with K-16 then east to the junction with
United States highway 75 then south on United States highway 75 to the
Kansas-Oklahoma border, is hereby designated the purple heart/combat
wounded veterans highway. The secretary of transportation shall place
markers along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate
that the highway is the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway.
The secretary of transportation may accept and administer gifts and do-
nations to aid in obtaining suitable highway signs bearing the proper ap-
proved inscription.

      Sec.  2. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 68-1010 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 68-1010. The portion of United States highway 75 where it enters
the state on the Kansas-Nebraska line on the north then south to the
junction with K-9 then west to the junction of K-9 with K-62 then south
to the junction of K-62 with K-16 then east to the junction with United
States highway 75 then south to United States highway 40, and United
States highway 77 from United States highway 40 south on United States
highway 77 to the northern boundary of Cowley county is hereby desig-
nated the official north-south Blue Star memorial highway route in the
state of Kansas. The portion of United States highway 77 from the north-
ern boundary of Cowley county to the junction with United States high-
way 77 business then south on United States highway 77 business to
United States highway 77 then south to the Kansas-Oklahoma border is
hereby designated the Robert B. Docking memorial highway.

 Sec.  3. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 68-1010 is hereby repealed.
 Sec.  4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved March 28, 2001.
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