H.B. No. 540




AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 290 inside 
Harris County as the Ronald Reagan 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 225.059 to read as follows:
	Sec. 225.059.  RONALD REAGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The part 
of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County between the Harris County 
boundary with Waller County and Beltway 8 is designated as the 
Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.
	(b)  The department shall design and construct memorial 
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the 
Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate 
information.
	(c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the 
highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
	(d)  The department is not required to design, construct, or 
erect a marker under this section unless the department receives a 
grant or donation to cover the cost of the design, construction, and 
erection.
	(e)  Funds collected under Section 225.021 for the purpose of 
implementing this section shall be deposited to the credit of the 
state highway fund.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 540 was passed by the House on March 
29, 2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in 
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 540 on May 23, 2005, by a non-record 
vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 540 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 19, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor