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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of the Cesar Chavez Border Highway and |
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the designation by name of other parts of the highway system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 225.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.001. RESTRICTIONS [PROHIBITION] ON NAMING |
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HIGHWAY. (a) The commission may not designate a part of the |
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highway system, including a bridge or street, by a name, including |
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the name of a living [or dead] individual or for an organization or |
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event, or by a symbol other than the regular highway number. |
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(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a part of the |
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highway system, including a bridge or street, may not be designated |
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by a name. |
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(c) A part of the highway system, including a bridge or |
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street, may be designated by the name of a person only if the person |
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is deceased and was significant: |
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(1) in the state's history; or |
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(2) in the lives of the people of this state. |
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SECTION 2. Section 225.021, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The department is not required to design, construct, or |
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erect a marker under this subchapter unless a grant or donation of |
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funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, |
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construction, and erection of the marker. |
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(d) Money received under Subsection (b) shall be deposited |
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to the credit of the state highway fund. |
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SECTION 3. Section 225.051(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Loop 375 between Interstate Highway 10 [Zaragoza
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Avenue] and Santa Fe Street in El Paso County is designated as the |
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Cesar Chavez Border Highway. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.065 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.065. RUSSELL H. PERRY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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Interstate Highway 345 located in Dallas between Interstate Highway |
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30 and Spur 366 is designated as the Russell H. Perry Memorial |
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Highway. |
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(b) The department shall design and construct markers |
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indicating the highway number, the designation as the Russell H. |
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Perry Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information. |
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(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the |
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highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.066 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.066. VETERANS HIGHWAY. (a) Loop 534 between |
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Interstate Highway 10 and State Highway 173 located in Kerrville is |
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designated as the Veterans Highway. |
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(b) The department shall design and construct markers |
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indicating the highway number, the designation as the Veterans |
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Highway, and any other appropriate information. |
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(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the |
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highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.067 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.067. TOM RAMSAY HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State |
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Highway 37 located in Franklin County is designated as the Tom |
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Ramsay Highway. |
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(b) The department shall design and construct markers |
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indicating the highway number, the designation as the Tom Ramsay |
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Highway, and any other appropriate information. |
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(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the |
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highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 7. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.068 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.068. JASON OLIFF MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The |
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portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2004 located in Brazoria County is |
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designated as the Jason Oliff Memorial Highway. |
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(b) The department shall design and construct markers |
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indicating the highway number, the designation as the Jason Oliff |
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Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information. |
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(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the |
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highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 8. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.069 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.069. HONORABLE STILLMAN DUDLEY HARRISON HIGHWAY. |
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The Texas Department of Transportation shall designate U.S. Highway |
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90, from the Blue Star rest area southeast of Sanderson to the Val |
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Verde County line, as the Honorable Stillman Dudley Harrison |
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Highway. |
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SECTION 9. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.070 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.070. DR. HECTOR P. GARCIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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The portion of State Highway 286 between State Highway 357 and |
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Interstate Highway 37 in Corpus Christi is designated as Dr. Hector |
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P. Garcia Memorial Highway. |
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(b) The department shall design and construct markers |
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indicating the highway number, the designation as the Dr. Hector P. |
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Garcia Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information. |
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(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the |
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highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 10. The Texas Department of Transportation shall |
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erect a marker at appropriate intermediate sites and at each end of |
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the Cesar Chavez Border Highway, as redesignated by this Act. |
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SECTION 11. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 53 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 53 on May 24, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 53 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |