S.B. No. 921
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 27
between Lubbock and Amarillo as the Marshall Formby 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. MARSHALL FORMBY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) Interstate Highway 27 between its intersection with United
States Highway 84 in Lubbock and its intersection with Interstate
Highway 40 in Amarillo is designated as the Marshall Formby
Memorial Highway.
(b) The department shall design and construct memorial
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the
Marshall Formby 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) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), the department
is required to design, construct, and erect the markers only to the
extent that money is available for this purpose from a grant or
donation of private funds.
(e) Funds collected by the department 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 921 passed the Senate on
May 9, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 921 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor