86R13295 JRR-D
By: Toth, Metcalf H.B. No. 2571
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 in
Montgomery County as the George P. Mitchell 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. GEORGE P. MITCHELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County between its
intersection with State Highway 242 and the Montgomery-Harris
county line is designated as the George P. Mitchell Memorial
Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the George P. Mitchell 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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.