Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB277 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/27/2017

                    85R11836 JRR-D
 By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 277
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 277:
 By:  Morrison C.S.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
 Sgt. 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.  SGT. CHRIS KELLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
 portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Hutto is designated as the Sgt. Chris
 Kelley Memorial Highway.
 (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
 (1)  design and construct markers indicating the
 designation as the Sgt. 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.