ARMY SPC. DEANGELO SNOW MEM. HWY                                 H.B. 5472 (H-1):

                                                                  SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL

                                                                                              IN COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Bill 5472 (Substitute H-1 as passed by the House)

Sponsor:  Representative Amos O'Neal

House Committee:  Transportation

Senate Committee:  Transportation and Infrastructure

 

Date Completed:  6-14-22

 

CONTENT

 

The bill would amend the Michigan Memorial Highway Act to designate the portion of Highway I-75 in Saginaw County beginning at the Bridgeport exit 144B and extending north to the Buena Vista exit 149B as the "Army Specialist Deangelo Snow Memorial Highway".

 

Proposed MCL 250.1105

 

BACKGROUND

 

Army Specialist Deangelo Snow was born on August 30, 1988, in Saginaw County, Michigan. He graduated Buena Vista High School in 2008 and joined the service one year later. Snow was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer.

 

Snow died September 17, 2010, at FOB Wilson, Afghanistan, after sustaining wounds when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade. Snow received several awards and decorations for his service, including the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the NATO Medal, and the Combat Action Badge.

 

                                                                      Legislative Analyst:  Olivia Ponte

 

FISCAL IMPACT

 

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government. The Act specifies that the Department of Transportation may provide for the erection and maintenance of markers designating the name of a highway only when sufficient private funds are available to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining those markers. As such, private funds would cover the cost of the renaming, and no State funds would be used.

 

                                                                      Fiscal Analyst:  Michael Siracuse

 

 

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.