Montana 2025 2025 Regular Session

Montana Senate Bill SB545 Enrolled / Bill

                     - 2025 
69th Legislature 2025 	SB 545
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 545 
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE DANNY L. RADISH HIGHWAY IN LINCOLN COUNTY; DIRECTING THE 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL SIGNS AT THE LOCATION AND TO INCLUDE THE 
HIGHWAY ON THE NEXT PUBLICATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY MAP; AMENDING SECTION 61-3-406, 
MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish was born on June 8, 1949, in Minot, North 
Dakota; and
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish served in the United States Marine Corps with 
distinction; and
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish received the Silver Star for conspicuous 
gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Two Hundred Sixty-
Two, Marine Aircraft Group Sixteen, First Marine Aircraft Wing, in connection with combat operations on 
February 12, 1970, in the Republic of Vietnam; and
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for 
heroism while serving as crew chief aboard a CH-46E helicopter on the morning of November 15, 1982; and
WHEREAS, the Enlisted Aircrewman of the Year Award was established in honor of Master Gunnery 
Sergeant Danny L. Radish for the most outstanding contribution by a Marine enlisted aircrewman and is 
awarded annually; and
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish has lived in Eureka, Montana, for decades; 
and
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish served as the safety director of the mill in 
Eureka; and
WHEREAS, Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. Radish is a respected member of the Eureka 
community; and  - 2025 
69th Legislature 2025 	SB 545
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – SB 545 
ENROLLED BILL
WHEREAS, the 69th Legislature of the State of Montana honors Master Gunnery Sergeant Danny L. 
Radish for his service to our country.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1.  (1) There is established the Danny L. Radish highway on 
highway 37 from mile marker 63.6 to mile marker 66.8 in Lincoln County.
(2) The department shall design and install appropriate signs marking the location of the Danny L. 
Radish highway.
(3) Maps that identify roadways in the state must be updated to include the location of the Danny 
L. Radish highway when the department updates and publishes the state maps.
"61-3-406. Fees for personalized plates -- disposition. (1) In addition to all other fees and taxes 
imposed by law, the applicant for a personalized license plate shall pay a fee of $25 for the original 
personalized license plate and a fee of $10 for each transfer or renewal of the personalized license plate.
(2) The revenue derived from the fee must be deposited in the state general fund."
Section 2.  [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 
60, chapter 1, part 2, and the provisions of Title 60, chapter 1, part 2, apply to [section 1].
Section 3.  [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
- END - I hereby certify that the within bill,
SB 545, originated in the Senate.
___________________________________________
Secretary of the Senate
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
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Speaker of the House 
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025. SENATE BILL NO. 545
INTRODUCED BY M. CUFFE
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE DANNY L. RADISH HIGHWAY IN LINCOLN COUNTY; DIRECTING THE 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL SIGNS AT THE LOCATION AND TO INCLUDE THE 
HIGHWAY ON THE NEXT PUBLICATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY MAP; AMENDING SECTION 61-3-406, 
MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”