HB 3354
AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Designates a specific portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County, Texas, between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs, as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway. The Texas Department of Transportation will be required to design, construct, and erect markers identifying the memorial highway segment, honoring Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle with appropriate signage at the highway's endpoints and intermediate locations. The designation will take effect on September 1, 2025, and will exist alongside any existing highway designations.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.243 to read as follows: Sec. 225.243. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT SAMUEL T. CASTLE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County between the eastern municipal limits of Daingerfield and the western municipal limits of Hughes Springs is designated as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle 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 Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle 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. It is the intention of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that the provisions added by this Act be renumbered to prevent multiple provisions with the same SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in
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