85R8722 AJZ-D
 
  By: Smithee, King of Hemphill, Price, H.B. No. 1691
      Thompson of Harris, Frullo, et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate
  Highway 27 in Hale County as the Nelda Laney Safety Stops.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Y, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 201.2003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.2003.  NELDA LANEY SAFETY STOPS.  (a)  The
  northbound and southbound rest areas located on Interstate Highway
  27 in Hale County are designated as the Nelda Laney Safety Stops.
         (b)  The department shall design and construct markers at
  each rest area described by Subsection (a) indicating the
  designation of those rest areas as the Nelda Laney Safety Stops and
  any other appropriate information.
         (c)  The department shall erect markers at appropriate
  locations at the rest areas.
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), the department
  is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this
  section unless a grant or donation of private funds is made to the
  department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and
  erection of the marker.
         (e)  Money received under Subsection (d) shall be deposited
  to the credit of the state highway fund.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.