By: Seliger S.B. No. 489
(Darby)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in
Howard County as the William B. Crooker 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 225.102 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.102. WILLIAM B. CROOKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S.
Highway 87 under construction as of September 1, 2015, as a relief
route around Big Spring, between Interstate Highway 20 and Ranch
Road 33, in Howard County is designated as the William B. Crooker
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 William B. Crooker 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. The Texas Department of Transportation shall
comply with Section 225.102, Transportation Code, as added by this
Act, after the construction of the portion of U.S. Highway 87
designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway by this Act is
complete.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.