84R6110 JRR-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1119
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to installation of mile markers on certain segments of the
state highway system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.912 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.912. MILE MARKERS. (a) Department district
engineers shall give priority to approved projects for the
installation of mile markers on a bridge or overpass that is one
half mile or longer in length.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Texas A&M
Transportation Institute, shall assess the statewide need for the
installation of mile markers, including the replacement of fallen
or damaged mile markers, on bridges and overpasses that are one half
mile or longer in length and on rural highways.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), "rural highway" means a
segment of the state highway system that:
(1) has noncontrolled access; and
(2) is outside the corporate limits of a municipality.
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.