By: Stephenson, Middleton, Kacal H.B. No. 587
(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
(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 8, 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 State Highway 71 in
Wharton County as the Game Warden Justin Hurst 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 225.1451 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.1451. GAME WARDEN JUSTIN HURST MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) The portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County between its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2765 and the Matagorda County
line is designated as the Game Warden Justin Hurst Memorial
Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Game Warden Justin Hurst 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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