H.B. No. 2523 AN ACT relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 48 in Cameron County as the Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia 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 225.252 to read as follows: Sec. 225.252. DEPUTY CONSTABLE RUBEN GARCIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 48 in Cameron County between its intersection with State Highway 550 and its intersection with Fishermans Place Road is designated as the Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia 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 Constable Ruben Garcia 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 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2523 was passed by the House on April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2523 was passed by the Senate on May 9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor