79R18321 JRJ-D


By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 921

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 921:                                    

By:  West                                                     C.S.S.B. No. 921



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.