By: Hughes S.B. No. 1229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith
County as the Veterans 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. VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion
of U.S. Highway 69 in Smith County between its intersection with
South State Loop 323 and its intersection with the northern
municipal limits of Bullard is designated as the Veterans 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 Veterans 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.