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By: Hughes (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) |
H.B. No. 2201 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009; |
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May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 11, 2009, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2009, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a structure on U.S. Highway 259 as |
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the Trooper Todd Dylan Holmes Memorial Overpass. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.080 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.080. TROOPER TODD DYLAN HOLMES MEMORIAL OVERPASS. |
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(a) The structure on U.S. Highway 259 that passes over State |
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Highway 155 in Upshur County is designated as the Trooper Todd Dylan |
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Holmes Memorial Overpass. |
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(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: |
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(1) design and construct markers indicating the |
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highway number, the designation as the Trooper Todd Dylan Holmes |
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Memorial Overpass, and any other appropriate information; and |
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(2) erect a marker: |
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(A) at each end of the structure and at |
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appropriate intermediate sites along the structure, including a |
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site that is visible to a vehicle traveling on State Highway 155 as |
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the vehicle travels under the structure; and |
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(B) on each side of State Highway 155 at a site |
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that is visible to approaching vehicles. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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