83R743 DDT-D
By: Munoz, Jr. H.B. No. 442
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 as the
Trooper Eduardo Chavez 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 225.091 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.091. TROOPER EDUARDO CHAVEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of U.S. Highway 83 in Starr County from the eastern
boundary of Starr County to Farm-to-Market Road 2360 is designated
as the Trooper Eduardo Chavez Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
highway number, the designation as the Trooper Eduardo Chavez
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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.