84R10785 AAF-D
 
  By: Faircloth H.B. No. 2181
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to designating the Interstate Highway 45 causeway to
  Galveston the George and Cynthia Mitchell Causeway.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 225.103 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.103.  GEORGE AND CYNTHIA MITCHELL CAUSEWAY. (a)  
  The structure on Interstate Highway 45 that connects Galveston
  Island to the Texas mainland and is commonly known as the Galveston
  Causeway is designated as the George and Cynthia Mitchell Causeway.
  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 George and Cynthia Mitchell Causeway and any
  other appropriate information; and
               (2)  erect a marker at each end of the causeway.
         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, 2015.