89R16783 JAM-D
By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 5064
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in
Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson 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. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties between
its intersection with U.S. Highway 287 and its intersection with
Interstate Highway 20 is designated as the Eddie Bernice Johnson
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 Eddie Bernice Johnson 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.