By: Talarico (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 3471
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 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 79 as the
Sgt. Chris Kelley 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. SGT. CHRIS KELLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Hutto is designated as the Sgt. Chris
Kelley Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Sgt. Chris Kelley 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.
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