By Hunter H.B. No. 2819 76R8817 T A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the name of an interchange at U.S. Highway 83-U.S. 1-3 Highway 84 and Loop 322, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Title 116, Revised Statutes, is amended by adding 1-6 Article 6673e-17 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 6673e-17. SAM WALDROP HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE 1-8 Sec. 1. DESIGNATION OF HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE. The interchange 1-9 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas of U.S. Highway 83, U.S. Highway 1-10 84 and Loop 322 in the East portion of Abilene in Taylor County, 1-11 Texas, is designated the Sam Waldrop Interchange. 1-12 Sec. 2. MARKERS. (a) The State Department of Highways and 1-13 Public Transportation shall design and construct markers to be 1-14 placed along and at the location of that portion of U.S. Highway 1-15 83, U.S. Highway 84 and Loop 322 described in Section 1 of this 1-16 article indicating its designation as the Sam Waldrop Interchange. 1-17 (b) The markers shall include the name of the interchange 1-18 and any other information that the department determines is 1-19 appropriate. 1-20 (c) Markers shall be erected at each end of the interchange 1-21 and at intermediate sites that the department determines are 1-22 appropriate. 1-23 (d) The department is responsible for repair and replacement 1-24 of the markers and for maintenance of the grounds surrounding each 2-1 marker. 2-2 (e) The department may accept grants and donations from 2-3 individuals and other entities to assist in financing the 2-4 construction and maintenance of the markers. 2-5 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-10 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-11 passage, and it is so enacted.