H.B. No. 484
 
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway
287 as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.066 to read as follows:
       Sec. 225.066.  DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FREEWAY. (a)
The part of United States Highway 287 south of State Highway 180 to
its intersection with Interstate Highway 820 in Tarrant County is
designated as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.
       (b)  The department shall design and construct memorial
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway, 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)  The department is not required to design, construct, or
erect a marker under this section unless the department receives a
grant or donation to cover the cost of the design, construction, and
erection.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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   President of the SenateSpeaker of the House      
       I certify that H.B. No. 484 was passed by the House on March
15, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House   
       I certify that H.B. No. 484 was passed by the Senate on May 1,
2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate    
APPROVED:  _____________________
APPROVED:  _____________________
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                 Governor