AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating a portion of state highway 18 as the PFC. Henry Gurke memorial highway; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
HB 1212 designates a specific segment of North Dakota State Highway 18, from the intersection with State Highway 5 to the Canadian border, as the PFC. Henry Gurke Memorial Highway. The bill directs the Department of Transportation to place signage along the route recognizing that name.
The measure also allows the department to accept donated signs or donated funds for the signage, and it creates a continuing appropriation for those donations so they can be used without further legislative action. In practical terms, the bill is a commemorative highway naming bill with a small administrative and fiscal component tied to sign installation and maintenance.
HB 1212 amends Chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code by adding a new section authorizing the memorial designation of a portion of State Highway 18. It affects the Department of Transportation by requiring it to install and maintain memorial signage and by permitting it to receive donated materials or money for that purpose. The continuing appropriation applies only to donated funds used for the signs, so the bill has a limited fiscal impact and does not create a broad new spending program.
The available voting record shows unanimous support in both chambers, with the House passing the bill 88-0 and the Senate passing it 47-0. There are no committee transcripts or recorded objections in the provided materials, suggesting the bill was noncontroversial and broadly supported as a memorial designation measure.
No notable points of contention are reflected in the provided record. Because the bill is a commemorative highway naming proposal with a narrow funding mechanism, any potential concerns would likely have centered on the use of state highway signage or the continuing appropriation, but no opposition or debate is documented here. The absence of dissenting votes indicates that members from both chambers accepted the memorial designation without dispute.