Bill Text: TX HB1691 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate Highway 27 in Hale County as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest Areas.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1691 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1691-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1691 |
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relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate | ||
Highway 27 in Hale County as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest Areas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Y, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 201.2003 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.2003. NELDA LANEY SAFETY REST AREAS. (a) The | ||
northbound and southbound rest areas located on Interstate Highway | ||
27 in Hale County are designated as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest | ||
Areas. | ||
(b) The department shall design and construct markers at | ||
each rest area described by Subsection (a) indicating the | ||
designation of those rest areas as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest Areas | ||
and any other appropriate information. | ||
(c) The department shall erect markers at appropriate | ||
locations at the rest areas. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), 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. | ||
(e) Money received under Subsection (d) shall be deposited | ||
to the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1691 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1691 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting, and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 146 | ||
authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 1691 on May 21, 2017, by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1691 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 16, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
0, and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 146 authorizing certain | ||
corrections in H.B. No. 1691 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |