89R11567 JRR-D
By: Orr H.B. No. 4542
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 79 in
Freestone and Leon Counties as the Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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 225.243 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.243. CECIL AND DOROTHY BELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Freestone and Leon Counties
between its intersection with the Trinity River and its
intersection with the western municipal limits of Oakwood is
designated as the Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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 Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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.