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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 31 in |
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Gregg County as the Jack Ward 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. JACK WARD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion |
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of State Highway 31 in Gregg County between its intersection with |
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the Smith County line and State Highway 42 is designated as the Jack |
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Ward 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 Jack Ward 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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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2675 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2675 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |