88R24832 JAM-D
 
  By: Bailes H.B. No. 538
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system
  as memorial highways for veterans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 225.0743 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.0743.  VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The
  portion of State Highway 105 in Liberty County from Business State
  Highway 105-T to State Highway 321 is designated as the Veterans
  Memorial Highway.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Veterans 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.  Section 225.126, Transportation Code, is
  redesignated as Section 225.0742, Transportation Code, to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 225.0742  [225.126].  VETERANS MEMORIAL
  HIGHWAY.  (a)  The portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Camp County is
  designated as the Veterans Memorial Highway.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Veterans 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.