1-1     By:  Merritt (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)               H.B. No. 3433
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway
 1-9     259 Relief Route as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 225.046 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 225.046.  CHARLES K. DEVALL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The
1-14     portion of United States Highway 259 Relief Route from 4/10 mile
1-15     south of the northern Kilgore municipal boundary to 7/10 mile south
1-16     of the southern Kilgore municipal boundary is designated as the
1-17     Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway.
1-18           (b)  The department shall design and construct memorial
1-19     markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the
1-20     Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate
1-21     information.
1-22           (c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the
1-23     highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
1-24           (d)  In this section, a reference to the Kilgore municipal
1-25     boundary means that boundary as it exists on January 1, 2001.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-29     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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