| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2571 |
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| 1 | + | By: Toth, Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2571 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 in |
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| 6 | 12 | | Montgomery County as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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| 9 | 15 | | is amended by adding Section 225.152 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | Sec. 225.152. GEORGE P. MITCHELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The |
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| 11 | 17 | | portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County between its |
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| 12 | 18 | | intersection with State Highway 242 and the Montgomery-Harris |
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| 13 | 19 | | county line is designated as the George P. Mitchell Memorial |
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| 14 | 20 | | Highway. |
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| 15 | 21 | | (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: |
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| 16 | 22 | | (1) design and construct markers indicating the |
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| 17 | 23 | | designation as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway and any |
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| 18 | 24 | | other appropriate information; and |
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| 19 | 25 | | (2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at |
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| 20 | 26 | | appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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| 21 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2571 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | | - | 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 30 | | - | voting. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 33 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2571 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 34 | | - | 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Date |
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| 39 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Governor |
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| 32 | + | * * * * * |
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