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                         SENATE BILL 6636

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer, Oke, Owen and Kohl

Read first time 01/22/96.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Authorizing designation of rest areas as POW/MIA memorials.

    AN ACT Relating to dedication of roadside safety rest areas; and adding a new section to chapter 47.38 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 47.38 RCW to read as follows:

    The commission may designate safety rest areas as memorials to prisoners of war and those missing in action.  The secretary shall adopt rules under which a nonprofit association may have its name associated with a particular memorial rest area.

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