By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 3642          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2025;   May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on   Transportation; May 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;   May 23, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3642 By:  Hinojosa of Hidalgo     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system   as memorial highways and bridges and to certain memorial markers   and designations on certain highways.          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) [red   cross];                (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, 225.245, and   225.246 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.          Sec. 225.246.  EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a)   The portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties between   its intersection with U.S. Highway 287 and its intersection with   Interstate Highway 20 is designated as the Eddie Bernice Johnson   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 Eddie Bernice Johnson 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.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *