By: Bonnen of Galveston H.B. No. 4727
        (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
  May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 35 in
  Matagorda County as the D. R. "Tom" Uher 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.  D. R. "TOM" UHER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)  The
  portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County is designated as the
  D. R. "Tom" Uher Memorial Highway.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the D. R. "Tom" Uher 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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