By: Bell of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Hall) H.B. No. 2198
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2025;
April 29, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 34 in
Kaufman County as the Officer Jacob Candanoza 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 225.249 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.249. OFFICER JACOB CANDANOZA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) The portion of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County between its
intersection with Kings Creek Drive and its intersection with North
Frances Street is designated as the Officer Jacob Candanoza
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 Jacob Candanoza 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. It is the intention of the 89th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be
renumbered to prevent multiple provisions with the same
designation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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