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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County as the Officer Jacob Candanoza Memorial Highway, the official text

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H.B. No. 2198

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 34 in

Kaufman County as the Officer Jacob Candanoza 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 225.249 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.249. OFFICER JACOB CANDANOZA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.

(a) The portion of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County between its

intersection with Kings Creek Drive and its intersection with North

Frances Street is designated as the Officer Jacob Candanoza

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 Officer Jacob Candanoza 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

designation.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2198 was passed by the House on April

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, 3 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2198 was passed by the Senate on May

9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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