By:  Bohac, Van Arsdale, Elkins, Callegari,                       H.B. No. 540
 
    Hegar, et al.                                                            


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 290 
inside Harris County 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 U.S. Highway 290 located in Harris County 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)  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)  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.