H.B. No. 2265
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 154 in
Wood and Hopkins Counties as the Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins 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 225.106 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.106. SGT. TANNER STONE HIGGINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) The portion of State Highway 154 from the municipal limits of
Yantis in Wood County north to the municipal limits of Sulphur
Springs in Hopkins County is designated as the Sgt. Tanner Stone
Higgins Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins 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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2265 was passed by the House on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2265 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor