By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1837
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 1, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 1, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus
County as the Titus County World War II Veterans 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 225.152 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.152. TITUS COUNTY WORLD WAR II VETERANS MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County
between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2348 and the
eastern municipal boundary of Mount Pleasant is designated as the
Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Titus County World War II Veterans 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, 2019.
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