79R11197 JRJ-D
By: Hughes, Brown of Kaufman, Merritt, Flynn, H.B. No. 1645
Reyna, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of United States Highway 80 in this
state as the World War II 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 225.0285 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.0285. WORLD WAR II VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The part of United States Highway 80 located in this state is
designated as the World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.
(b) The department shall design and construct memorial
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the World
War II 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 each county
line crossed by 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.