STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1394	By:	Roan

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to roads, bridges and ferries; designating the PFC A.T. Howell Memorial Bridge; designating the SSGT Billy Elliott Memorial Highway; providing for placement of permanent markers; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.93 of Title 69, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge crossing Leader Creek on State Highway 3 in Coal County shall be designated the “PFC A.T. Howell Memorial Bridge”.  The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed on the bridge bearing that name.
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.94 of Title 69, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The portion of U.S. Highway 59 extending from the Poteau River Bridge to the Heavener city limits shall be designated as the “SSGT Billy Elliott Memorial Highway”.  The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

53-1-5251	BW	01/19/11