H.B. No. 55 




AN ACT
relating to the designation of portions of Interstate Highway 20 inside Dallas and Tarrant Counties as the Ronald Reagan 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 225.059 to read as follows: Sec. 225.059. RONALD REAGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The part of Interstate Highway 20 located between the Tarrant-Parker County Line and the eastern municipal boundary of Grand Prairie is designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. (b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information. (c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. (d) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), the department is required to design, construct, and erect the markers only to the extent that money is available for this purpose from a grant or donation of private funds. (e) Funds collected under Section 225.021 for the purpose of implementing this section, shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 55 was passed by the House on March 30, 2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 55 on May 28, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 55 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 18, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor