By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 1968
(Senate Sponsor - Schwertner)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 9, 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 Interstate Highway 35 in
Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites 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 225.217 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.217. OFFICER CHARLES WHITES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County between
its intersection with State Highway 45 and its intersection with
Westinghouse Road is designated as the Officer Charles Whites
Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other
designation.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Officer Charles Whites 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, 2023.
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