By: Paxton S.B. No. 414

(In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2023; February 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; April 26, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 26, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.216 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.216. MILDRED MCMILLAN GARRETT MEMORIAL BRIDGE. (a) The State Highway 19 bridge crossing Lake Fork Reservoir in Rains County is designated as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the bridge.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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