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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 80 as the |
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Sergeant Travis E. Watkins Memorial Highway. |
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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 225.091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.091. SERGEANT TRAVIS E. WATKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 80 from U.S. Highway 271 in Gregg |
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County to the eastern municipal boundary of Big Sandy in Upshur |
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County is designated as the Sergeant Travis E. Watkins Memorial |
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Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation. |
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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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designation as the Sergeant Travis E. Watkins Memorial Highway and |
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any other appropriate information; and |
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(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at |
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appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 139 passed the Senate on |
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March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 139 passed the House on |
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April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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