Bill Text: TX HB5342 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a Texas Department of Transportation building in Starr County as the Eduardo "Eddie" Gracia, Jr., P.E. Area Engineer and Maintenance Facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB5342 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5342-Engrossed.html
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 5342 | |
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| relating to the designation of a Texas Department of Transportation | ||
| building in Starr County as the Eduardo "Eddie" Gracia, Jr., P.E. | ||
| Area Engineer and Maintenance Facility. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Y, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.2004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.2004. EDUARDO "EDDIE" GRACIA, JR., P.E. AREA | ||
| ENGINEER AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY. (a) The building in which, on | ||
| June 1, 2023, is located the office of the area engineer for Starr | ||
| County is designated as the Eduardo "Eddie" Gracia, Jr., P.E. Area | ||
| Engineer and Maintenance Facility. | ||
| (b) Subject to Subsection (a), the department shall: | ||
| (1) design and construct markers on the site | ||
| indicating the designation as the Eduardo "Eddie" Gracia, Jr., P.E. | ||
| Area Engineer and Maintenance Facility and any other appropriate | ||
| information; and | ||
| (2) erect a marker at appropriate intermediate sites | ||
| along the highway. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the department is not | ||
| required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section | ||
| unless a grant or donation of private funds is made to the | ||
| department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and | ||
| erection of the marker. | ||
| (d) Money received under Subsection (c) shall be deposited | ||
| to the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
