89R16246 RDR-D
 
  By: Tepper H.B. No. 4731
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway Loop 88 in
  Lubbock County as the First Responders Memorial Loop.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 225.243 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.243.  FIRST RESPONDERS MEMORIAL LOOP. (a)  The
  portion of State Highway Loop 88 under construction as of September
  1, 2025, as a relief route around Lubbock, in Lubbock County is
  designated as the First Responders Memorial Loop.  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
  First Responders Memorial Loop and any other
  appropriate information; and
               (2)  erect a marker at appropriate sites along the
  loop.
         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.