| 1 | 1 | | 84R13189 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Darby H.B. No. 349 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 349: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Martinez C.S.H.B. No. 349 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in |
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| 10 | 10 | | Howard County as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended by adding Section 225.102 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 225.102. WILLIAM B. CROOKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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| 15 | 15 | | Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S. Highway 87 |
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| 16 | 16 | | under construction as of September 1, 2015, as a relief route around |
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| 17 | 17 | | Big Spring, between Interstate Highway 20 and Ranch Road 33, in |
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| 18 | 18 | | Howard County is designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial |
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| 19 | 19 | | Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) design and construct markers indicating the |
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| 22 | 22 | | designation as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway and any |
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| 23 | 23 | | other appropriate information; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at |
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| 25 | 25 | | appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Transportation shall |
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| 27 | 27 | | comply with Section 225.102, Transportation Code, as added by this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act, after the construction of the portion of U.S. Highway 87 |
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| 29 | 29 | | designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway by this Act is |
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| 30 | 30 | | complete. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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