By: Shapiro S.B. No. 1701 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the designation of State Highway 190 in Dallas, Collin, 1-2 and Denton counties as the President George Bush Highway. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. State Highway 190 in Dallas, Collin, and Denton 1-5 counties, including those portions under construction or design, is 1-6 designated as the President George Bush Highway. The designation 1-7 is in addition to any other designation. 1-8 SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation or, 1-9 if the Texas Turnpike Authority assumes jurisdiction over the 1-10 highway, the authority shall design and construct markers to be 1-11 placed along State Highway 190 indicating its designation as the 1-12 President George Bush Highway. 1-13 (b) The markers shall include the highway number and any 1-14 other information that the department or authority determines is 1-15 appropriate. 1-16 (c) Markers shall be erected at each end of the highway and 1-17 at intermediate sites that the department or authority determines 1-18 are appropriate. 1-19 (d) The department or authority is responsible for repair 1-20 and replacement of the markers and for maintenance of the grounds 1-21 surrounding each marker. 1-22 (e) The department or authority may accept grants and 1-23 donations from individuals and other entities to assist in 1-24 financing the construction and maintenance of the markers. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-7 passage, and it is so enacted.