Texas 2013 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB3520 Comm Sub / Bill

                    83R22618 AJZ-D
 By: Branch H.B. No. 3520
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3520:
 By:  Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 3520


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 75 in
 Dallas County as the George W. Bush Expressway.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
 is amended by adding Section 225.0331 to read as follows:
 Sec. 225.0331.  GEORGE W. BUSH EXPRESSWAY.  (a)
 Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S. Highway 75
 in Dallas County between its intersection with Knox Street/North
 Henderson Avenue and its intersection with Northwest Highway is
 designated as the George W. Bush Expressway.  The designation is in
 addition to any other designation.
 (b)  Subject to Subsection (d), the department shall:
 (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
 designation as the George W. Bush Expressway and any other
 appropriate information; and
 (2)  erect a marker at each end of the highway and at
 appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
 (c)  The department shall accept a grant or donation made to
 assist in financing the construction and maintenance of a marker
 under this section.
 (d)  The department may not design, construct, or erect a
 marker under this section unless a grant or donation of funds is
 made to the department to cover the cost of the design,
 construction, and erection of the marker.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.