Bill Text: TX HB1303 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1303 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1303-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1303 | ||
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| relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in | ||
| Wharton County as the Roy P. Benavidez 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 225.123 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 225.123. ROY P. BENAVIDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The | ||
| portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County between its | ||
| intersection with the Colorado County line and Farm-to-Market Road | ||
| 2765 is designated as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway. | ||
| (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: | ||
| (1) design and construct markers indicating the | ||
| designation as the Roy P. Benavidez 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1303 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1303 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
