Bill Text: TX HB519 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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86R4267 TSS-F
By: Thierry H.B. No. 519

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 between Interstate
Highway 610 and Almeda Genoa Road 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 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, 2019.