88R12845 JRR-D
By: Collier H.B. No. 2680
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35W
in Fort Worth as the Atatiana Jefferson 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. ATATIANA JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Fort Worth between its
intersection with Interstate Highway 20 and its intersection with
East Lancaster Avenue is designated as the Atatiana Jefferson
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 Atatiana Jefferson 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.