H.B. No. 2675
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2675 was passed by the House on April
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2675 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor