Bill Text: TX HB519 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 288 in Harris County as the Barbara Jordan Memorial Parkway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB519-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 519 | ||
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| relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 288 in | ||
| Harris County as the Barbara Jordan Memorial Parkway. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 225.152 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 225.152. BARBARA JORDAN MEMORIAL PARKWAY. (a) The | ||
| portion of State Highway 288 in Harris County beginning at the | ||
| Cleburne Street exit and continuing until the intersection of State | ||
| Highway 288 and Beltway 8 is designated as the Barbara Jordan | ||
| Memorial Parkway. | ||
| (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: | ||
| (1) design and construct markers indicating the | ||
| designation as the Barbara Jordan Memorial Parkway and any other | ||
| appropriate information; and | ||
| (2) erect a marker at each end of the parkway and at | ||
| appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 519 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 519 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
