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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of certain highways as part of the |
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Purple Heart Trail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 225.0225(a) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The following highways are designated as [part of
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Interstate Highway 35 located in Texas is] the Texas portion of the |
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national Purple Heart Trail: |
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(1) the part of Interstate Highway 35 located in |
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Texas; |
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(2) the part of Interstate Highway 40 located in |
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Texas; |
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(3) the part of Interstate Highway 37 from Interstate |
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Highway 35 to U.S. Highway 77; |
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(4) the part of U.S. Highway 77 from Interstate |
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Highway 37 to State Highway 100; |
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(5) State Highway 100; and |
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(6) Park Road 100. |
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(c) The department shall erect a marker at locations [each
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end of the highway and at intermediate sites] along the trail |
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[highway] that the department determines are appropriate. [The
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intermediate sites may not be farther apart than 100 miles.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |