H.B. No. 630




AN ACT

relating to the designation of State Highway 173 between Kerrville 
and Jourdanton as the 173d Airborne Brigade Memorial Highway.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 225.0274 to read as follows:
	Sec. 225.0274.  173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE MEMORIAL 
HIGHWAY.  (a)  State Highway 173 between its intersection with 
State Highway 16 near Kerrville and its intersection with State 
Highway 16 near Jourdanton is designated as the 173d Airborne 
Brigade Memorial Highway.
	(b)  The department shall design and construct memorial 
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the 173d 
Airborne Brigade Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate 
information.
	(c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the 
highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 630 was passed by the House on March 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 630 was passed by the Senate on May 
22, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor