By: Bohac, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay) H.B. No. 540
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 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 0; May 11, 2005, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 540 By: Lindsay
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a 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 in Harris County between the Harris County
boundary with Waller County and Beltway 8 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.
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