By: Birdwell, Perry S.B. No. 527
(In the Senate - Filed February 10, 2015; February 18, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
March 16, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 16, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 527 By: Huffines
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in
Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield 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. CHRIS KYLE AND CHAD LITTLEFIELD MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of
U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian between its intersection with Rex
Odom Drive and its intersection with Kimble Road is designated as
the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield 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 Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield 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 September 1, 2015.
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