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               AN ACT
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            relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 287 in  | 
         
         
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            Wilbarger County as the Molly Mullens Mile. | 
         
         
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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 225.247 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 225.247.  MOLLY MULLENS MILE.  (a)  The portion of U.S.  | 
         
         
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            Highway 287 in Wilbarger County between its intersection with  | 
         
         
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            County Road 111 and County Road 132 East is designated as the Molly  | 
         
         
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            Mullens Mile.  The designation is in addition to any other  | 
         
         
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            designation. | 
         
         
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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 Molly Mullens Mile and any other appropriate  | 
         
         
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            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.  It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular  | 
         
         
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            Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be renumbered  | 
         
         
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            to prevent multiple provisions with the same designation. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 2457 was passed by the House on April  | 
         
         
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            25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 0, 3 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. 2457 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            9, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                             Governor        |