Bill Text: TX SB1311 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain highways as part of the Purple Heart Trail.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1311 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1311-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1311

AN ACT
relating to the designation of certain highways as part of the
Purple Heart Trail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 225.0225,
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The following highways are designated as [part of
Interstate Highway 35 located in Texas is] the Texas portion of the
national Purple Heart Trail:
(1) the part of Interstate Highway 35 located in
Texas;
(2) the part of Interstate Highway 40 located in
Texas;
(3) the part of Interstate Highway 37 from Interstate
Highway 35 to U.S. Highway 77;
(4) the part of U.S. Highway 77 from Interstate
Highway 37 to State Highway 100;
(5) State Highway 100; and
(6) Park Road 100.
(c) The department shall erect a marker at locations [each
end of the highway and at intermediate sites] along the trail
[highway] that the department determines are appropriate. [The
intermediate sites may not be farther apart than 100 miles.]
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, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1311 passed the Senate on
April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1311 passed the House on
May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor