By Merritt                                            H.B. No. 3433
         77R11415 DWS-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway
 1-3     259 Relief Route as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 225.046 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 225.046.  CHARLES K. DEVALL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The
 1-8     portion of United States Highway 259 Relief Route from 4/10 mile
 1-9     south of the northern Kilgore municipal boundary to 7/10 mile south
1-10     of the southern Kilgore municipal boundary is designated as the
1-11     Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway.
1-12           (b)  The department shall design and construct memorial
1-13     markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the
1-14     Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate
1-15     information.
1-16           (c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the
1-17     highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
1-18           (d)  In this section, a reference to the Kilgore municipal
1-19     boundary means that boundary as it exists on January 1, 2001.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.