89R18251 RDR-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 5216
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in
Hidalgo County as the Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua
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. BORDER PATROL AGENT JOSE RODRIGUEZ-LUA
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Hidalgo
County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 88 and its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 493 is designated as the
Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua 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 Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua 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.