By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 139

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designation of the structure between Port Isabel and Padre Island as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.057 to read as follows: Sec. 225.057. QUEEN ISABELLA MEMORIAL BRIDGE. (a) The structure connecting State Highway 100 and Park Road 100 between the eastern municipal boundary of Port Isabel and the western boundary of Padre Island is designated as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge as a memorial to: (1) the deceased: Julio Mireles, Robert Harris, Gaspar Saenz Hinojosa, Robin Leavell, Hector Martinez, Jr., Stvan Francisco Rivas, Barry Welch, and Chealsa Welch; (2) the survivors: Bridgette Goza, Rene Mata, and Gustavo Morales, Jr.; and (3) the heroes of that tragic event. (b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the designation as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge and any other appropriate information. (c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the structure and at any appropriate intermediate sites along the structure. (d) In this section, a reference to a Port Isabel municipal boundary means that boundary as it exists on January 1, 2003. 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.