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By: Burns H.B. No. 2835
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 144 in
Hood and Somervell Counties as the Ed Shipman 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. ED SHIPMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion
of State Highway 144 in Hood and Somervell Counties between its
intersection with U.S. Highway 67 and its intersection with
Mitchell Bend Highway is designated as the Ed Shipman Memorial
Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Ed Shipman 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.