82R10397 ACP-D

By: Lozano, Anderson of McLennan, Munoz, Jr., H.B. No. 2948

et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of certain highways as part of the Purple Heart Trail.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 225.0225(a) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) The following highways are designated as [part of Interstate Highway 35 located in Texas is] the Texas portion of the national Purple Heart Trail:

(1) the part of Interstate Highway 35 located in Texas;

(2) the part of Interstate Highway 40 located in Texas;

(3) the part of Interstate Highway 37 from Interstate Highway 35 to U.S. Highway 77;

(4) the part of U.S. Highway 77 from Interstate Highway 37 to State Highway 100;

(5) State Highway 100; and

(6) Park Road 100.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at locations [each end of the highway and at intermediate sites] along the trail [highway] that the department determines are appropriate. [The intermediate sites may not be farther apart than 100 miles.]

SECTION 2. 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, 2011.