SGT. MICHAEL P. HODSHIRE MEM HWY                                             H.B. 4739:

                                                                  SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL

                                                                                              IN COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Bill 4739 (as passed by the House)

Sponsor:  Representative Andrew Fink

House Committee: Transportation

Senate Committee:  Transportation and Infrastructure

 

Date Completed:  10-12-21

 

CONTENT

 

The bill would amend the Michigan Memorial Highway Act to designate the portion of Highway M-49 between W. Montgomery Road and Austin Road in Camden Township in Hillsdale County as the "Marine Sergeant Michael P. Hodshire Memorial Highway".

 

Proposed MCL 250.1101                                                                                 

 

BACKGROUND

 

Sergeant Michael P. Hodshire was born in Montpelier, Ohio on September 5, 1980. His family later moved to Michigan and he graduated from North Adams-Jerome High School in 1999. Four days later he entered basic training. He was deployed in Iraq from October 2003 to June 2004, then redeployed in 2005.

 

During his second deployment, Sgt. Hodshire served as 2nd Squad Leader for 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. On October 30, 2005, Sergeant Hodshire died of fatal wounds he received the day before from an improvised explosive device during combat operations near Nasser Wa Salaam, Iraq.

 

                                                                Legislative Analyst:  Tyler VanHuyse

 

FISCAL IMPACT

 

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 a result of these statutory restrictions on State or local spending for highway naming costs, the bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

 

                                                                      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.