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               AN ACT
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            relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 77 in  | 
         
         
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            Refugio County as the Second Lieutenant Lloyd "Pete" Hughes Medal  | 
         
         
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            of Honor Memorial Highway. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,  | 
         
         
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            is amended by adding Section 225.190 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 225.190.  SECOND LIEUTENANT LLOYD "PETE" HUGHES MEDAL  | 
         
         
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            OF HONOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The portion of U.S. Highway 77 in  | 
         
         
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            Refugio County is designated as the Second Lieutenant Lloyd "Pete"  | 
         
         
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            Hughes Medal of Honor Memorial Highway. | 
         
         
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                   (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  design and construct markers indicating the  | 
         
         
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            designation as the Second Lieutenant Lloyd "Pete" Hughes Medal of  | 
         
         
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            Honor Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and | 
         
         
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                         (2)  erect a marker at each end of the highway and at  | 
         
         
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            appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 2167 was passed by the House on April  | 
         
         
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            9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not  | 
         
         
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            voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 2167 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                             Governor        |