By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 1305
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the
Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.216 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.216. MILDRED MCMILLAN GARRETT MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(a) The State Highway 19 bridge crossing Lake Fork Reservoir in
Rains County is designated as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial
Bridge.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge and any
other appropriate information; and
(2) erect a marker at each end of the bridge.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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