By: Fallon, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1044
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 423
in Denton County as the U.S. Army Sergeant Enrique Mondragon
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 225.103 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.103. U.S. ARMY SERGEANT ENRIQUE MONDRAGON MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 423 in Denton
County between its intersection with U.S. Highway 380 and State
Highway 121 is designated as the U.S. Army Sergeant Enrique
Mondragon 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 U.S. Army Sergeant Enrique Mondragon 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, 2015.
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