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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 Interstate Highway 35 as |
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the Trooper Tom Nipper 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. TROOPER TOM NIPPER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Bell County between |
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mile marker 294 and mile marker 297 is designated as the Trooper Tom |
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Nipper Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any |
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other designation. |
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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 Trooper Tom Nipper Memorial Highway and any |
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other 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. |