Bill Text: TX HB1968 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites Memorial Highway.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1968 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1968-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1968

AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in
Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites 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 225.217 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.217. OFFICER CHARLES WHITES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County between
its intersection with State Highway 45 and its intersection with
Westinghouse Road is designated as the Officer Charles Whites
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 Officer Charles Whites 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, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1968 was passed by the House on May 6,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1968 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor