By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1162
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 19, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1162 By: Hall
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 649
as the State Trooper David Lee Nevarez 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 225.123 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.123. STATE TROOPER DAVID LEE NEVAREZ MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 649 between
Farm-to-Market Road 2687 and State Highway 16 is designated as the
State Trooper David Lee Nevarez Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the State Trooper David Lee Nevarez 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, 2017.
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