By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 228
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the
Corporal Roel Garcia 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. CORPORAL ROEL GARCIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County between its
intersection with County Road 304 and Farm-to-Market Road 755 is
designated as the Corporal Roel Garcia Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Corporal Roel Garcia 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.