By:  Smith of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)                  H.B. No. 1136
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2005; 
April 19, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 11, 2005, reported 
favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the designation of the portion of Spur 330 inside Harris 
County as the Veterans 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.  VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  Spur 330 
located in Harris County is designated as the Veterans Memorial 
Highway.
	(b)  The department shall design and construct memorial 
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the 
Veterans Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), 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 a grant or donation of 
private funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the 
design, construction, and erection of the marker.
	(e)  Money received under Subsection (d) shall be deposited 
to the credit of the state highway fund.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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