DESIGNATION OF MEMORIAL ROADS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS (Section 229.222)

This act adds emergency personnel and members of the Armed Forces to the individuals for whom a county, city, or village may designate a memorial street, road, or highway if the individual is killed in the line of duty.

These provisions are identical to provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 572 (2025) and HB 554 (2025).

PROVISIONS RELATING TO ALL ROADS (Repeal of sections 229.130, 229.160, 229.210, 229.220, 229.270, 229.420, 229.430, 229.440, and 229.450)

This act repeals:

• The requirement to maintain fingerboards at certain road forks and crossings (section 229.130); the requirement to lay down planks to protect the roadway when certain machinery crosses bridges (section 229.160);

• The prohibition against driving vehicles, animals, or loads of any kind upon a recently repaired bridge or culvert that is closed to traffic (sections 229.210 and 229.220);

• The fee of $1 for issuance of a permit to move a building across a public road (section 229.230); and

• The authorization for road district commissioners or boards of directors of a township to temporarily abandon a road for the purpose of mining coal or other minerals from beneath the road (sections 229.420, 229.430, 229.440, and 229.450).

These provisions are identical to provisions in HCS/HB 572 (2025) and HB 554 (2025).

ERIC VANDER WEERD