Bill Text: TX SB2150 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Joaquin as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton" Whiddon Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB2150 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2150-Introduced.html

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By: Nichols S.B. No. 2150

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 84 in
Joaquin as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton" Whiddon 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 225.217 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.217. LT. GENERAL O.R. "COTTON" WHIDDON MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 84 in the municipal
limits of Joaquin is designated as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton"
Whiddon Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton" Whiddon 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 September 1, 2023.