Bill Text: TX HB1659 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB1659 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1659-Introduced.html
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| By: Hefner | H.B. No. 1659 | |
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| 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. | ||
