1-1 By: Shapiro S.B. No. 1701 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed May 4, 1995; May 4, 1995, read first 1-3 time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 5, 1995, 1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; 1-5 May 5, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the designation of State Highway 190 in Dallas, Collin, 1-9 and Denton counties as the President George Bush Highway. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. State Highway 190 in Dallas, Collin, and Denton 1-12 counties, including those portions under construction or design, is 1-13 designated as the President George Bush Highway. The designation 1-14 is in addition to any other designation. 1-15 SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation or, 1-16 if the Texas Turnpike Authority assumes jurisdiction over the 1-17 highway, the authority shall design and construct markers to be 1-18 placed along State Highway 190 indicating its designation as the 1-19 President George Bush Highway. 1-20 (b) The markers shall include the highway number and any 1-21 other information that the department or authority determines is 1-22 appropriate. 1-23 (c) Markers shall be erected at each end of the highway and 1-24 at intermediate sites that the department or authority determines 1-25 are appropriate. 1-26 (d) The department or authority is responsible for repair 1-27 and replacement of the markers and for maintenance of the grounds 1-28 surrounding each marker. 1-29 (e) The department or authority may accept grants and 1-30 donations from individuals and other entities to assist in 1-31 financing the construction and maintenance of the markers. 1-32 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-37 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-38 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-39 * * * * *