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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 144 in |
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Hood and Somervell Counties as the Ed Shipman 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 225.217 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.217. ED SHIPMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion |
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of State Highway 144 in Hood and Somervell Counties between its |
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intersection with U.S. Highway 67 and its intersection with |
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Mitchell Bend Highway is designated as the Ed Shipman Memorial |
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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 Ed Shipman Memorial Highway and any other |
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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, 2023. |