SenateSenate billbill NO. 111111

INTRODUCED BY C. GlimmC. Glimm

By Request of the ****

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE JACOB ALLMENDINGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN GALLATIN COUNTY; DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL SIGNS AT THE LOCATION AND TO INCLUDE THE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY ON THE NEXT PUBLICATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY MAP; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, Jacob Allmendinger's family moved to Butte, Montana, when he was a child, and he went to high school in Belgrade; and

WHEREAS, Jacob Allmendinger married his high school sweetheart, Monica, and they had three children; and

WHEREAS, Jacob Allmendinger worked as a 9-1-1 dispatcher for 7 years and volunteered with the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team for 8 years; and

WHEREAS, Jacob Allmendinger became a deputy sheriff in 2017; and

WHEREAS, Jacob Allmendinger started a landscaping business with his brother-in-law, Sergeant Brian Taylor, to further provide for his family, whom he loved more than anything in the world; and

WHEREAS, Jacob Allmendinger died in the line of duty on October 19, 2019, in a tragic vehicle accident while responding to a call for assistance near Fairy Lake; and

WHEREAS, the world was a better place for having Jacob Allmendinger in it, and his selfless legacy is evident in his children, his wife, his siblings, and all his family and will be forever remembered by the members of the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office; and

WHEREAS, the 68th Legislature of the State of Montana honors Jacob Allmendinger.

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

Section 1. Jacob Allmendinger memorial highway. (1) There is established the Jacob Allmendinger memorial highway on the existing Montana state highway 86 from its intersection with Fairy Lake road to its intersection with Bracket Creek road.

(2)        The department shall design and install appropriate signs marking the location of the Jacob Allmendinger memorial highway.

(3)        Maps that identify roadways in the state must be updated to include the location of the Jacob Allmendinger memorial highway when the department updates and publishes the state maps.

Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 60, chapter 1, part 2, and the provisions of Title 60, chapter 1, part 2, apply to [section 1].

Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.