79S30509 MTB-D
By: Veasey H.B. No. 61
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 287 as the
Martin Luther King Expressway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.062 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.062. MARTIN LUTHER KING EXPRESSWAY. (a) The part
of State Highway 287 located in the municipal boundaries of the City
of Fort Worth is designated as the Martin Luther King Expressway.
(b) The department shall design and construct memorial
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the
Martin Luther King Expressway, 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.
(d) The department is not required to design, construct, or
erect a marker under this section unless the department receives a
grant or donation to cover the cost of the design, construction, and
erection.
(e) In this section, a reference to the municipal boundaries
of the City of Fort Worth means those boundaries as they exist on
September 1, 2006.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2006.