Note to 27:6-1

P.L. 1996, Joint Resolution No. 2, approved June 18, 1996

Senate Joint Resolution No. 13

A Joint Resolution designating a portion of State Highway Route No. 18, as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."

Whereas, Two thousand three hundred purple heart veterans reside     in New Jersey and are members of 21 chapters of the Military Order  of the Purple Heart throughout the State; and

Whereas, The number of purple heart veterans residing in New     Jersey exceeds that of any other state in the nation; and

Whereas, A permanent memorial established in honor of these     veterans would forever commemorate their courage and sacrifices;     and

Whereas, It is especially timely that a permanent designation be     made in light of the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day landing in     Normandy which was recently observed on June 6, 1994; and

Whereas, In honor of our veterans who served so bravely in times     of war, it is fitting and proper that a portion of State Highway     Route No. 18, a major thoroughfare in Middlesex County, bear the     permanent designation of the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway,"     honoring all purple heart veterans; and

Whereas, The Township of Old Bridge has agreed that the portion     of State Highway No. 18 which is situated in Old Bridge should be     designated as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway;" now,             therefore,

    Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. The Commissioner of Transportation shall designate that portion of State Highway Route No. 18 which is situated in the Township of Old Bridge, as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."

    2. The commissioner is authorized to erect appropriate and permanent route and directional signs bearing that designation, and indicating that the portion of the highway bearing that designation is located within the Township of Old Bridge, at appropriate sites on each side of the highway corresponding to the points of entry and exit to the Township of Old Bridge.

    3. This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This joint resolution would designate the portion of State Highway No. 18, which is situated in Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway," in order to establish a permanent memorial to all veterans who have sustained combat wounds.

Designates a portion of State Highway Route No. 18 as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."