By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 938
(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 518
in Pearland as the Officer Endy Ekpanya 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 ENDY EKPANYA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 518 in Pearland between its
intersection with State Highway 35 and Sunset Meadows Drive is
designated as the Officer Endy Ekpanya Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Officer Endy Ekpanya 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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