By: Meyer, Burkett (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.B. No. 3964
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
  May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 289 in
  Dallas County as the Harold C. Simmons 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 225.125 to read as follows:
         Sec. 225.125.  HAROLD C. SIMMONS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a) The
  portion of State Highway 289 (Preston Road) in Dallas County
  between its intersection with State Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and
  its intersection with Royal Lane is designated as the Harold C.
  Simmons Memorial Highway. This 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 Harold C. Simmons Memorial Highway and any other
  appropriate information; and
               (2)  erect a marker at each end of the highway and at
  appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
         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, 2017.
 
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