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By: Stephenson (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 1303 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
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May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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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 71 in |
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Wharton County as the Roy P. Benavidez 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 225.123 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.123. ROY P. BENAVIDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The |
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portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County between its |
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intersection with the Colorado County line and Farm-to-Market Road |
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2765 is designated as the Roy P. Benavidez 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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designation as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway and any other |
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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, 2017. |
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