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By: Burrows (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) |
H.B. No. 2577 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; |
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April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, 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 U.S. Highway 180 in |
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Gaines County as the Bob Ford 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 225.152 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.152. BOB FORD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion |
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of U.S. Highway 180 in Gaines County between its intersection with |
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Farm-to-Market Road 1757 and the eastern municipal boundary of |
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Seminole is designated as the Bob Ford 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 Bob Ford 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 immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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