1-1     By:  Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                 H.B. No. 3246

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 1997;

 1-3     May 9, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on

 1-4     International Relations, Trade, and Technology; May 15, 1997,

 1-5     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;

 1-6     May 15, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-8                                   AN ACT

 1-9     relating to designation of Spur 239 in Val Verde County.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Spur 239 in Val Verde County is designated as the

1-12     Sergio Gonzalez, Jr., and Alfredo Gutierrez, Jr., M.D. Loop.

1-13           SECTION 2.  (a)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall

1-14     design and construct markers to be placed along Loop 239 in Val

1-15     Verde County indicating its designation as the Sergio Gonzalez,

1-16     Jr., and Alfredo Gutierrez, Jr., M.D. Loop.

1-17           (b)  The markers shall include the highway number and any

1-18     other information that the department determines is appropriate.

1-19           (c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the

1-20     loop and at intermediate sites along the loop that the department

1-21     determines are appropriate.

1-22           (d)  The department is responsible for repair and replacement

1-23     of the markers and for maintenance of the grounds surrounding each

1-24     marker.

1-25           (e)  The department may accept grants and donations from

1-26     individuals and other entities to assist in financing the

1-27     construction and maintenance of the markers.

1-28           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-29     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-30     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-31     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-32     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

1-33     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

1-34     passage, and it is so enacted.

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