85R12123 AJZ-D By: Dean H.B. No. 2675 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 31 in Gregg County as the Jack Ward 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. JACK WARD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 31 in Gregg County between its intersection with the Smith County line and State Highway 42 is designated as the Jack Ward Memorial Highway. (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: (1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Jack Ward 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.