S.B. No. 1099

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald 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. TROOPER JONATHAN THOMAS MCDONALD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Garza County is designated as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald 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.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1099 passed the Senate on April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1099 passed the House, with amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor