By: Carona S.B. No. 1117

(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2007; March 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; April 3, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 3, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1117 By: Carona

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation by name of parts of the highway system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 225.001, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 225.001. RESTRICTIONS [PROHIBITION] ON NAMING HIGHWAY. (a) The commission may not designate a part of the highway system, including a bridge or street, by a name, including the name of a living [or dead] individual or for an organization or event, or by a symbol other than the regular highway number.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a part of the highway system, including a bridge or street, may not be designated by a name.

(c) A part of the highway system, including a bridge or street, may be designated by the name of a person only if the person is deceased and was significant:

(1) in the state's history; or

(2) in the lives of the people of this state.

SECTION 2. Section 225.021, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

(c) The department is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this subchapter unless a grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker.

(d) Money received under Subsection (b) shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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