By Gallego H.B. No. 3246 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to designation of Spur 239 in Val Verde County. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Spur 239 in Val Verde County is designated as the 1-5 Alfredo Gutierrez, Jr., M.D. Loop. 1-6 SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation shall 1-7 design and construct markers to be placed along Loop 239 in Val 1-8 Verde County indicating its designation as the Alfredo Gutierrez, 1-9 Jr., M.D. Loop. 1-10 (b) The markers shall include the highway number and any 1-11 other information that the department determines is appropriate. 1-12 (c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the 1-13 loop and at intermediate sites along the loop that the department 1-14 determines are appropriate. 1-15 (d) The department is responsible for repair and replacement 1-16 of the markers and for maintenance of the grounds surrounding each 1-17 marker. 1-18 (e) The department may accept grants and donations from 1-19 individuals and other entities to assist in financing the 1-20 construction and maintenance of the markers. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.