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SF5149

Portion of Ramsey County State-Aid Highway 96 designation as "Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway"
Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026)

Related bill: HF4987

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Purpose

This bill designates a specific highway segment in Ramsey County as a memorial highway to honor Master Sergeant Nicole Amor. It creates a formal recognition by designating the segment of Ramsey County StateAid Highway 96 as the Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway and sets rules for how signage should be funded and maintained.

Main Provisions

  • Designation of a highway segment
    • The segment of Ramsey County StateAid Highway 96 from marked U.S. Highway 61 to marked Interstate Highway 35E in Ramsey County is designated as the Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway.
  • Signage requirements
    • A road authority must design and erect signs to mark or memorialize the designated highway or bridge under its jurisdiction.
    • The sign project may proceed only after money from nonpublic sources is available to cover all related costs for designing, erecting, and maintaining the signs.
  • Financial administration
    • The commissioner acts as a fiscal agent to manage and distribute the nonpublic money received for signage.
    • The money collected is appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to the appropriate road authority to cover design, erection, and maintenance costs of the signs.
  • Sign removal
    • A road authority may remove a sign if maintenance, repair, or replacement is required.
    • If the authority cannot obtain sufficient nonpublic funds for maintenance/repair/replacement after reasonable effort, and the available funds are insufficient, removal may occur.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • Adds a formal memorial designation process tied to private funding for local highway signage.
  • Establishes the commissioner as the fiscal agent to manage and distribute nonpublic funds for memorial signage.
  • Allows removal of memorial signage if ongoing maintenance costs cannot be covered with available funds.

Implications and Scope

  • Local recognition without requiring state funding, contingent on securing nonpublic funds for signage costs.
  • Creates a maintained memorial marker along a defined portion of a state-aid highway within Ramsey County.
  • Applies specifically to signage related to the Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway designation.

Terminology and Concepts (for clarity)

  • Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway
  • Ramsey County StateAid Highway 96
  • U.S. Highway 61
  • Interstate Highway 35E
  • Signage funding via nonpublic sources
  • Commissioner as fiscal agent
  • Road authority
  • Sign design, erection, maintenance, and potential removal

Relevant Terms

  • Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway
  • Ramsey County StateAid Highway 96
  • U.S. Highway 61
  • Interstate Highway 35E
  • nonpublic funds / nonpublic money
  • signs / signage
  • road authority
  • Minnesota Statutes chapter 160 (specifically provisions related to highway designations and signage)
  • fiscal agent
  • maintenance costs
  • designation and memorial designation

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
April 16, 2026SenateActionIntroduction and first reading
April 16, 2026SenateActionReferred toTransportation

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Adds signage design and funding requirements for the designated highway under 160.805 Subd.1."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Designates sign requirements and permanent memorial signage for a highway designated under Minn. Stat. 160.805 Subd.1, requiring road authorities to erect signs after securing nonpublic funds with the commissioner acting as fiscal agent.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "160.805",
    "subdivision": "Subd.1"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Establishes sign removal conditions under 160.805 Subd.2."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Provides for removal of an erected sign if maintenance or replacement is needed and funding through nonpublic sources is insufficient.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "160.805",
    "subdivision": "Subd.2"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Designation of Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway under 160.805 Subd.3."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Designates a segment of Ramsey County StateAid Highway 96 from U.S. Highway 61 to Interstate 35E as Master Sergeant Nicole Amor Memorial Highway.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "160.805",
    "subdivision": "Subd.3"
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

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