TITLE: Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 as the Trooper Tom Nipper Memorial Highway.

SUMMARY: Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 as the Trooper Tom Nipper Memorial Highway.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 as the Trooper Tom Nipper 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 225.152 to read as follows: Sec. 225.152. TROOPER TOM NIPPER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Bell County between mile marker 294 and mile marker 297 is designated as the Trooper Tom Nipper Memorial Highway. 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 Trooper Tom Nipper 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.