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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system |
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as memorial highways for certain deceased peace officers. |
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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 Sections 225.217, 225.218, 225.219, 225.220, |
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225.221, and 225.222 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.217. TROOPER RUSSELL LYNN BOYD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The portion of State Highway 159 in the municipal limits of |
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Hempstead is designated as the Trooper Russell Lynn Boyd 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 Trooper Russell Lynn Boyd Memorial Highway and |
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any 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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Sec. 225.218. RANGER STANLEY K. GUFFEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 87 in the municipal limits of Brady |
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is designated as the Ranger Stanley K. Guffey Memorial 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 Ranger Stanley K. Guffey Memorial Highway and |
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any 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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Sec. 225.219. TROOPER MILTON ALEXANDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in the municipal limits of |
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Hillsboro is designated as the Trooper Milton Alexander 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 Trooper Milton Alexander Memorial Highway and |
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any 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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Sec. 225.220. TROOPER ERNESTO ALANIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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The portion of Interstate Highway 2 in the municipal limits of |
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McAllen is designated as the Trooper Ernesto Alanis 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 Trooper Ernesto Alanis 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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Sec. 225.221. TROOPER HOLLIS S. LACY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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The portion of U.S. Highway 377 in the municipal limits of Denton is |
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designated as the Trooper Hollis S. Lacy Memorial 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 Trooper Hollis S. Lacy 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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Sec. 225.222. TROOPER HOWARD JORDAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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The portion of U.S. Highway 67 in the municipal limits of Texarkana |
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is designated as the Trooper Howard Jordan Memorial 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 Trooper Howard Jordan 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, 2023. |