ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 456

(Senators Minard, Sharpe, Kessler, Helmick, Ross, Bailey, Prezioso, Oliverio, Edgell, Hunter, Anderson, Dittmar, Bowman, Plymale, Walker, Craigo, Jackson, Wooton, Schoonover, Love, Ball, Mitchell, McKenzie, McCabe, Redd, Boley, Minear, Sprouse, Unger, Chafin and Tomblin, Mr. President, original sponsors)

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[Passed March 13, 1999; in effect from passage.]

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AN ACT to authorize Central West Virginia Chapter 418 of the Purple Heart Society to erect memorials to certain purple heart medal recipients at the Meadowbrook rest areas on Interstate 79 in Harrison County; and requiring commissioner of highways approval.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER, PURPLE HEART SOCIETY.
§1. Memorial to certain purple heart medal recipients authorized at Meadowbrook rest areas on Interstate 79 in Harrison County; and requiring division of highways approval.
The Central West Virginia Chapter 418 of the Purple Heart Society is authorized to erect at the northbound and southbound Meadowbrook rest areas on Interstate 79 near mile post one hundred twenty-three in Harrison County, and at the north-bound and south-bound rest areas near Mmile Ppost 83 in Lewis County, suitable memorials to persons from Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Ritchie and Upshur counties and part of Marion County, who have received purple heart medals. The society shall provide funding and construction of the memorials in accordance with a plan approved by the commissioner of highways. The commissioner of the division of highways shall approve the location, design and construction of the memorials.