By: Stephenson (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1303
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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.
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