By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1838
(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 271 in
Titus County as the Titus County Korean War 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 KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County
between its intersection with Billy Daniel Street and its northern
intersection with U.S. Highway 271 Business is designated as the
Titus County Korean War 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 Korean War 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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