89R14971 RDR-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 3642
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system
  as memorial highways and bridges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Sections 225.243, 225.244, and 225.245 to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 225.243.  PETTY OFFICER BILLY MACHEN BRIDGE. (a)  The
  Farm-to-Market Road 852 bridge crossing Lake Gilmer in Upshur
  County is designated as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge.  The
  designation is in addition to any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the
  Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge and any other
  appropriate information; and
               (2)  erect a marker at each end of the bridge.
         Sec. 225.244.  MOLLY MULLENS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)  The
  portion of U.S. Highway 287 in Wilbarger County between its
  intersection with County Road 111 and County Road 132 East is
  designated as the Molly Mullens Memorial Highway.  The designation
  is in addition to any other designation.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Molly Mullens 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.
         Sec. 225.245.  TROOPER KEVIN RAMIREZ VASQUEZ MEMORIAL
  HIGHWAY. (a)  The portion of State Highway 302 in Ector County
  between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2019 and the
  Ector-Winkler County line is designated as the Trooper Kevin
  Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway.
         (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
               (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
  designation as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez 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.  It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be renumbered
  to prevent multiple provisions with the same designation.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.