ENROLLED
ACT No. 119
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 29
BY REPRESENTATIVES HOWARD, TERRY BROWN, STEVE CARTER, FRANKLIN,
GISCLAIR, GUINN, PIERRE, POPE, AND STEFANSKI AND SENATOR JOHN
SMITH
1 AN ACT
2 To redesignate a portion of United States Highway 171 in the village of Anacoco, Louisiana,
3 as the "Sergeant James Edward Martin Memorial Highway"; to provide relative to
4 a potential route designation conflict; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the portion of
7 United States Highway 171 situated within the limits of the village of Anacoco, Louisiana,
8 in Vernon Parish, which is otherwise known as the "Purple Heart Highway", shall be known
9 and redesignated as the "Sergeant James Edward Martin Memorial Highway".
10 Section 2. To the extent that this designation is in conflict with Act No. 75 of the
11 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature, which included this portion of United States
12 Highway 171 in the route designated the "Purple Heart Highway", this designation shall
13 control and supersede the provisions set forth in Act No. 75 of the 2003 Regular Session of
14 the Legislature.
15 Section 3. The Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors are
16 hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signage reflecting this redesignation
17 provided local or private monies are received by the department equal to the department's
18 actual costs for the material, fabrication cost, mounting posts, and installation required for
19 installation of each sign, not to exceed the sum of five hundred fifty dollars per sign.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
Page 1 of 1