Bill Text: TX SB1940 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 as the Veterans Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [SB1940 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1940-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 1940
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 as the
  Veterans Memorial Highway.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 225.123 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.123.  VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)  The portion
  of U.S. Highway 271 in Camp County is designated as the Veterans
  Memorial Highway.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Veterans Memorial Highway and any other
  appropriate information; and 
               (2)  erect a marker at each end of the highway and at
  appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
         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, 2017.
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