Bill Text: TX SB489 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Howard County as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB489 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB489-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 489 | ||
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| relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in | ||
| Howard County as the William B. Crooker 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 225.102 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 225.102. WILLIAM B. CROOKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S. | ||
| Highway 87 under construction as of September 1, 2015, as a relief | ||
| route around Big Spring, between Interstate Highway 20 and Ranch | ||
| Road 33, in Howard County is designated as the William B. Crooker | ||
| Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other | ||
| designation. | ||
| (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: | ||
| (1) design and construct markers indicating the | ||
| designation as the William B. Crooker 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. The Texas Department of Transportation shall | ||
| comply with Section 225.102, Transportation Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, after the construction of the portion of U.S. Highway 87 | ||
| designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway by this Act is | ||
| complete. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 489 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 489 passed the House on | ||
| April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
