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By: Seliger |
S.B. No. 489 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2015; February 10, 2015, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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March 16, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 16, 2015, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 489 |
By: Huffines |
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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 U.S. Highway 87 in |
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Howard County as the William B. Crooker 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 225.102 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.102. WILLIAM B. CROOKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S. |
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Highway 87 under construction as of September 1, 2015, as a relief |
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route around Big Spring, between Interstate Highway 20 and Ranch |
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Road 33, in Howard County is designated as the William B. Crooker |
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Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other |
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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 William B. Crooker Memorial Highway and any |
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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. The Texas Department of Transportation shall |
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comply with Section 225.102, Transportation Code, as added by this |
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Act, after the construction of the portion of U.S. Highway 87 |
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designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway by this Act is |
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complete. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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