Bill Text: TX HB538 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways for veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB538 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB538-Engrossed.html

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88R24832 JAM-D
By: Bailes H.B. No. 538

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system
as memorial highways for veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.0743 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.0743. VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of State Highway 105 in Liberty County from Business State
Highway 105-T to State Highway 321 is designated as the Veterans
Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Veterans 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. Section 225.126, Transportation Code, is
redesignated as Section 225.0742, Transportation Code, to read as
follows:
Sec. 225.0742 [225.126]. VETERANS MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Camp County is
designated as the Veterans Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Veterans 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.