By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1838

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019; April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 1, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 1, 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 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans 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. TITUS COUNTY KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County between its intersection with Billy Daniel Street and its northern intersection with U.S. Highway 271 Business is designated as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Titus County Korean War Veterans 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 September 1, 2019.

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