By: Canales, Murr, Kacal H.B. No. 3512
        (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner, Hinojosa)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
  May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 18, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
  May 18, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3512 By:  Hancock
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system
  as memorial highways for certain deceased peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Sections 225.190, 225.191, 225.192, 225.193,
  225.194, 225.195, 225.196, 225.197, 225.198, 225.199, and 225.200
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.190.  TROOPER CHAD M. WALKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
  The portion of State Highway 164 in Limestone County between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1953 and its intersection
  with County Road 789 is designated as the Trooper Chad M. Walker
  Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other
  designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Chad M. Walker 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.
         Sec. 225.191.  TROOPER MOISES SANCHEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
  The portion of Interstate Highway 69C in Hidalgo County between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1925 and its intersection
  with Trenton Road is designated as the Trooper Moises Sanchez
  Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other
  designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Moises Sanchez 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.
         Sec. 225.192.  TROOPER TROY HOGUE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)  The
  portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Howard County between mile
  marker 173 and mile marker 190 is designated as the Trooper Troy
  Hogue Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other
  designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Troy Hogue 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.
         Sec. 225.193.  CORPORAL WILLIE DALE TAYLOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
  (a)  The portion of Interstate Highway 10 in Crockett County between
  mile marker 363 and mile marker 368 is designated as the Corporal
  Willie Dale Taylor Memorial Highway. The designation is in
  addition to any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Corporal Willie Dale Taylor 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.
         Sec. 225.194.  TROOPER JAVIER ARANA JR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
  (a)  The portion of State Highway Loop 375 in El Paso County between
  mile marker 41 and mile marker 44 is designated as the Trooper
  Javier Arana Jr. Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition
  to any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Javier Arana Jr. 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.
         Sec. 225.195.  SERGEANT WILLIAM KUHNLE JR. AND TROOPER RALPH
  G. ZERDA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of United States
  Highway 90 in Bexar County between its intersection with State
  Highway 211 and its intersection with Montgomery Road is designated
  as the Sergeant William Kuhnle Jr. and Trooper Ralph G. Zerda
  Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other
  designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Sergeant William Kuhnle Jr. and Trooper Ralph G.
  Zerda 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.
         Sec. 225.196.  TROOPER RICHARD DALE COTTLE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
  (a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in McLennan County between
  mile marker 341 and mile marker 351 is designated as the Trooper
  Richard Dale Cottle Memorial Highway. The designation is in
  addition to any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Richard Dale Cottle 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.
         Sec. 225.197.  TROOPER TIMOTHY WADE MCDERMOTT MEMORIAL
  HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of United States Highway 80 in Gregg and
  Harrison Counties between its intersection with United States
  Highway 259 and its intersection with State Loop 281 is designated
  as the Trooper Timothy Wade McDermott Memorial Highway. The
  designation is in addition to any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Timothy Wade McDermott 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.
         Sec. 225.198.  TROOPER MARK JEFFREY PHEBUS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
  (a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1774 in Montgomery County
  between its intersection with Misty Meadow Drive and its
  intersection with Hunters Road is designated as the Trooper Mark
  Jeffrey Phebus Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to
  any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Mark Jeffrey Phebus 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.
         Sec. 225.199.  TROOPER DAVID IRVINE RUCKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
  (a) The portion of State Highway 100 in Cameron County between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 523 and its intersection with
  Farm-to-Market Road 3069 is designated as the Trooper David Irvine
  Rucker Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any
  other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper David Irvine Rucker 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.
         Sec. 225.200.  TROOPER DANIEL HIGDON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
  The portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Smith County between mile
  marker 571 and mile marker 575 is designated as the Trooper Daniel
  Higdon Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any
  other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Daniel Higdon 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 September 1, 2021.
 
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