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

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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]

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By: Thierry (Senate Sponsor - Miles, West) H.B. No. 519
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
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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 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.
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