85R579 JRR-D
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 277
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 79 as the
Officer Chris Kelley 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. OFFICER CHRIS KELLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Hutto is designated as the Officer
Chris Kelley Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Officer Chris Kelley 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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.