89R14971 RDR-D     By: Hefner H.B. No. 3642       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system   as memorial highways and bridges.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  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.  PETTY OFFICER BILLY MACHEN BRIDGE. (a)  The   Farm-to-Market Road 852 bridge crossing Lake Gilmer in Upshur   County is designated as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge.  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   Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge and any other   appropriate information; and                (2)  erect a marker at each end of the bridge.          Sec. 225.244.  MOLLY MULLENS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)  The   portion of U.S. Highway 287 in Wilbarger County between its   intersection with County Road 111 and County Road 132 East is   designated as the Molly Mullens 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 Molly Mullens 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.  TROOPER KEVIN RAMIREZ VASQUEZ MEMORIAL   HIGHWAY. (a)  The portion of State Highway 302 in Ector County   between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2019 and the   Ector-Winkler County line is designated as the Trooper Kevin   Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway.          (b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:                (1)  design and construct markers indicating the   designation as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez 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.