Bill Text: TX SB1940 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 as the Veterans Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [SB1940 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1940-Engrossed.html

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By: Hughes S.B. No. 1940

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 as the
Veterans 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 225.123 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.123. 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 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, 2017.