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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 portion of State Highway 154 in |
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Wood and Hopkins Counties as the Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins Memorial |
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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 225.106 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.106. SGT. TANNER STONE HIGGINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The portion of State Highway 154 from the municipal limits of |
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Yantis in Wood County north to the municipal limits of Sulphur |
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Springs in Hopkins County is designated as the Sgt. Tanner Stone |
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Higgins Memorial Highway. |
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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 Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins |
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Memorial Highway, and 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 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, 2015. |