By: Branch, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 3520

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 17, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3520 By: Campbell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas County as the Presidential Library Expressway.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.0331 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.0331. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY EXPRESSWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas County between its intersection with Knox Street/North Henderson Avenue and its intersection with Northwest Highway is designated as the Presidential Library Expressway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Subsection (d), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Presidential Library Expressway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

(c) The department shall accept a grant or donation made to assist in financing the construction and maintenance of a marker under this section.

(d) The department may not design, construct, or erect a marker under this section 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.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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