Bill Text: TX HB442 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 442 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the recognition of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 as a memorial to Trooper Eduardo Chavez.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB442 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB442-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 442




	AN ACT
	relating to the recognition of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 as a
	memorial to Trooper Eduardo Chavez.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 225.091 to read as follows:
	Sec. 225.091. TROOPER EDUARDO CHAVEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
	The portion of U.S. Highway 83 in Starr County from the eastern
	boundary of Starr County to Farm-to-Market Road 2360 or the most
	appropriate point west of Farm-to-Market Road 2360, as determined
	by the department, shall serve as a memorial to Trooper Eduardo
	Chavez.
	(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
	(1) design and construct markers indicating that the
	portion of U.S. Highway 83 described in Subsection (a) is a memorial
	to Trooper Eduardo Chavez, 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 immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 442 was passed by the House on April
	3, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 442 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor