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      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.