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H.B. No. 3642
AN ACT
relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system
as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain
highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain
cultural attractions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.911, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(a) In this section, "victim" means a person killed in a
highway collision while operating or riding on a motorcycle.
The
term does not include a person who was under the influence of
alcohol or a controlled substance at the time of the collision.
(c) A sign designed and posted under this section shall
include:
(1) a
motorcyclist safety message selected from the
options provided by commission rule under Subsection (c-1)
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(2) the phrase "In Memory Of" and the name of one or
more victims in accordance with the commission rule; and
(3) the date of the collision that resulted in the
victim's death.
(c-1)
The commission by rule shall develop motorcyclist
safety messages that may be used on the memorial signs under this
section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Sections 225.243, 225.244, and 225.245 to read
as follows:
Sec.
225.243.
DEPUTY SHERIFF DAVID BOSECKER MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 183 in Eastland County
between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2526 and its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2731 is designated as the
Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker 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 Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker 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.
Sec.
225.244.
CECIL AND DOROTHY BELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)
The portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Freestone and Leon Counties
between its intersection with U.S. Highway 84 and its intersection
with the western municipal limits of Oakwood is designated as the
Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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 Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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.
Sec.
225.245.
HAMBY-WEBB MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The
portion of State Highway 315 in Panola County between its
intersection with the western Panola County line and its
intersection with the western municipal boundary of Carthage is
designated as the Hamby-Webb 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 Hamby-Webb 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 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
Transportation Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section
201.911(c-1), Transportation Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 201.911, Transportation Code,
as amended by this Act, the Texas Department of Transportation is
not required to comply with the changes in law made by this Act to
that section before March 1, 2026.
SECTION 4. (a) Subject to Subsection (c) of this section
and not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas Department of
Transportation shall erect and maintain highway signs guiding road
users to the Koreatown District in the Northwest Dallas
neighborhood of Dallas from the following routes:
(1) the exits for Royal Lane from northbound and
southbound Interstate Highway 35E; and
(2) the exits for Luna Road from eastbound and
westbound Interstate Highway 635.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c) of this section and not later
than September 1, 2026, the Texas Department of Transportation
shall erect and maintain highway signs guiding road users to the
Chinatown District in Richardson from the following routes:
(1) the exits for Arapaho Road from northbound and
southbound U.S. Highway 75; and
(2) the exits for Belt Line Road and Main Street from
northbound and southbound U.S. Highway 75.
(c) A sign erected under this section may not violate the
Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or the Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices issued by the United States
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
SECTION 5. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be renumbered
to prevent multiple provisions with the same designation.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3642 was passed by the House on May
15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 3642 on May 30, 2025, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 3642 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3642 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
3642 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor