78R7485 JRJ-D

By:  Estes                                                        S.B. No. 1774



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of part of Interstate Highway 35 as the 
Purple Heart Trail.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 225.0225 to read as follows:
	Sec. 225.0225.  PURPLE HEART TRAIL.  (a)  The part of 
Interstate Highway 35 located in Texas is the Texas portion of the 
national Purple Heart Trail.
	(b)  The department shall design and construct markers 
indicating the highway number, the designation as the Purple Heart 
Trail, and any other appropriate information.
	(c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the 
highway and at intermediate sites along the highway that the 
department determines are appropriate.  The intermediate sites may 
not be farther apart than 100 miles.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), the department 
is required to design, construct, and erect the markers only to the 
extent that money is available for this purpose from donations 
received from local Purple Heart organizations.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.