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.