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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 State Highway 171 in  | 
         
         
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            Limestone County as the Dr. Ric Bennett, DVM, 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 225.190 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 225.190.  DR. RIC BENNETT, DVM, MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)   | 
         
         
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            The portion of State Highway 171 in Limestone County between the  | 
         
         
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            northern municipal limits of Mexia and its intersection with  | 
         
         
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            westbound Farm-to-Market Road 73 within the municipal limits of  | 
         
         
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            Coolidge is designated as the Dr. Ric Bennett, DVM, Memorial  | 
         
         
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            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 Dr. Ric Bennett, DVM, 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 September 1, 2021. |