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            relating to the designation of the Aaron M. Hicks Memorial  | 
         
         
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            Interchange. | 
         
         
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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 225.216 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 225.216.  AARON M. HICKS MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.  (a)  The  | 
         
         
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            interchange in La Porte between eastbound State Highway 225 and  | 
         
         
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            southbound State Highway 146 is designated as the Aaron M. Hicks  | 
         
         
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            Memorial Interchange. | 
         
         
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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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            interchange number, the designation as the Aaron M. Hicks Memorial  | 
         
         
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            Interchange, and any other appropriate information; and | 
         
         
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                         (2)  erect a marker at one or more sites on the  | 
         
         
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            interchange and approaching the interchange in each direction. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 923 was passed by the House on May 6,  | 
         
         
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            2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 1, 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. 923 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                             Governor        |