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By: Meyer, Burkett (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) |
H.B. No. 3964 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017; |
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May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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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 State Highway 289 in |
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Dallas County as the Harold C. Simmons 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 225.125 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.125. HAROLD C. SIMMONS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The |
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portion of State Highway 289 (Preston Road) in Dallas County |
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between its intersection with State Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and |
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its intersection with Royal Lane is designated as the Harold C. |
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Simmons Memorial Highway. This designation is in addition to any |
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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 Harold C. Simmons Memorial Highway and any other |
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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. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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