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  87R14194 DRS-D
 
  By: Kacal H.B. No. 1497
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 171 in
  Limestone County as the Dr. Ric Bennett, DVM, 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 225.190 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.190.  DR. RIC BENNETT, DVM, MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  
  The portion of State Highway 171 in Limestone County between the
  northern municipal limits of Mexia and its intersection with
  westbound Farm-to-Market Road 73 within the municipal limits of
  Coolidge is designated as the Dr. Ric Bennett, DVM, Memorial
  Highway.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Dr. Ric Bennett, DVM, 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, 2021.