By: Stephenson H.B. No. 4169
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Route 59 in Wharton
County
.
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. ROY P. BENAVIDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of U.S. Route 59 in Wharton County between mile marker 618
and mile marker 620 on the southbound side is designated as the
Ronald Ray Howard Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Ronald Ray Howard 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.