S.B. No. 921




AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 27 between Lubbock and Amarillo as the Marshall Formby 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. MARSHALL FORMBY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Interstate Highway 27 between its intersection with United States Highway 84 in Lubbock and its intersection with Interstate Highway 40 in Amarillo is designated as the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway. (b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Marshall Formby 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 by the department 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.
______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 921 passed the Senate on May 9, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 921 passed the House, with amendment, on May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor