By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 3642
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2025;
  May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
  May 23, 2025, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3642 By:  Hinojosa of Hidalgo
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system
  as memorial highways and bridges and to certain memorial markers
  and designations on certain highways.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 201.911, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "victim" means a person killed in a
  highway collision while operating or riding on a motorcycle. The
  term does not include a person who was under the influence of
  alcohol or a controlled substance at the time of the collision.
         (c)  A sign designed and posted under this section shall
  include:
               (1)  a motorcyclist safety message selected from the
  options provided by commission rule under Subsection (c-1) [red
  cross];
               (2)  the phrase "In Memory Of" and the name of one or
  more victims in accordance with the commission rule; and
               (3)  the date of the collision that resulted in the
  victim's death.
         (c-1)  The commission by rule shall develop motorcyclist
  safety messages that may be used on the memorial signs under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Sections 225.243, 225.244, 225.245, and
  225.246 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.243.  DEPUTY SHERIFF DAVID BOSECKER MEMORIAL
  HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 183 in Eastland County
  between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2526 and its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2731 is designated as the
  Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker 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 Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker 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. 225.244.  CECIL AND DOROTHY BELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
  The portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Freestone and Leon Counties
  between its intersection with U.S. Highway 84 and its intersection
  with the western municipal limits of Oakwood is designated as the
  Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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 Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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.  HAMBY-WEBB MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
  portion of State Highway 315 in Panola County between its
  intersection with the western Panola County line and its
  intersection with the western municipal boundary of Carthage is
  designated as the Hamby-Webb 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 Hamby-Webb 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. 225.246.  EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
  The portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties between
  its intersection with U.S. Highway 287 and its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 20 is designated as the Eddie Bernice Johnson
  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 Eddie Bernice Johnson 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.  (a) Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
  Transportation Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section
  201.911(c-1), Transportation Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 201.911, Transportation Code,
  as amended by this Act, the Texas Department of Transportation is
  not required to comply with the changes in law made by this Act to
  that section before March 1, 2026.
         SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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