H.B. No. 1691
AN ACT
relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate
Highway 27 in Hale County as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest Areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Y, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.2003 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.2003. NELDA LANEY SAFETY REST AREAS. (a) The
northbound and southbound rest areas located on Interstate Highway
27 in Hale County are designated as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest
Areas.
(b) The department shall design and construct markers at
each rest area described by Subsection (a) indicating the
designation of those rest areas as the Nelda Laney Safety Rest Areas
and any other appropriate information.
(c) The department shall erect markers at appropriate
locations at the rest areas.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), the department
is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this
section unless a grant or donation of private funds is made to the
department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and
erection of the marker.
(e) Money received under Subsection (d) shall be deposited
to the credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1691 was passed by the House on April
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1691 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting, and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 146
authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 1691 on May 21, 2017, by
the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1691 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 16, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 146 authorizing certain
corrections in H.B. No. 1691 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:
Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor