By: Murr (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 1810

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Kimble County as the Governor Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Highway.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.152 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.152. GOVERNOR COKE R. STEVENSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Kimble County between the western municipal boundary of Junction and its intersection with County Road 120 is designated as the Governor Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Governor Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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