By: Grusendorf, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 55
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2005;
April 5, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 11, 2005, reported
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 11, 2005, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 55 By: Brimer
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of portions of Interstate Highway 20
inside Dallas and Tarrant Counties as the Ronald Reagan 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 225.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.059. RONALD REAGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The part
of Interstate Highway 20 located between the Tarrant-Parker County
Line and the eastern municipal boundary of Grand Prairie is
designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.
(b) The department shall design and construct memorial
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the
Ronald Reagan 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.
(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 a grant or
donation of private funds.
(e) Funds collected under Section 225.021 for the purpose of
implementing this Section, shall be deposited to the credit of the
state highway fund.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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