By: Herrero, Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3831
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013;
May 6, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 358 as the
Peace Officers Memorial Highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.092 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.092. PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of State Highway 358 from Interstate Highway 37 to State
Highway 286 in Nueces County is designated as the Peace Officers
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 Peace Officers 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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