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               AN ACT
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            relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith  | 
         
         
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            County as the Veterans 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 225.243 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 225.243.  VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The portion  | 
         
         
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            of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith County between its intersection with  | 
         
         
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            South State Loop 323 and its intersection with the northern  | 
         
         
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            municipal limits of Bullard is designated as the Veterans Memorial  | 
         
         
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            Highway.  The designation is in addition to any other 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 Veterans 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.  It is the intention of the 89th Legislature,  | 
         
         
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            Regular Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be  | 
         
         
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            renumbered to prevent multiple provisions with the same  | 
         
         
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            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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1229 passed the Senate on  | 
         
         
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            April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1229 passed the House on  | 
         
         
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            May 8, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, two present  | 
         
         
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            not voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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            Approved: | 
         
         
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                      Governor |