85R7916 AAF-D By: Stephenson H.B. No. 1303 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County as the Roy P. Benavidez 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. ROY P. BENAVIDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County between its intersection with the Colorado County line and Farm-to-Market Road 2765 is designated as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway. (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: (1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Roy P. Benavidez 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, 2017.