By: Stephenson H.B. No. 4175 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Route 59 in Jackson 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 Jackson 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.