H.B. No. 874




AN ACT
relating to designating a portion of State Highway 123 as the Senator John Traeger 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 225.0395 to read as follows: Sec. 225.0395. SENATOR JOHN TRAEGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) State Highway 123 between Interstate Highway 10 and United States Highway 90A is designated as the Senator John Traeger Memorial Highway. (b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Senator John Traeger Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. (d) The department is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker required by this section unless a grant or donation of private funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker. (e) Money 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 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 874 was passed by the House on March 31, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 874 on May 23, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 874 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 19, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor