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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in |
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Howard County as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.102 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.102. WILLIAM B. CROOKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) |
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Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S. Highway 87 |
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under construction as of September 1, 2015, as a relief route around |
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Big Spring, between Interstate Highway 20 and Ranch Road 33, in |
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Howard County is designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial |
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Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation. |
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(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: |
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(1) design and construct markers indicating the |
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designation as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway and any |
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other appropriate information; and |
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(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at |
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appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Transportation shall |
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comply with Section 225.102, Transportation Code, as added by this |
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Act, after the construction of the portion of U.S. Highway 87 |
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designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway by this Act is |
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complete. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |