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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge, the official text

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S.B. No. 1422

AN ACT

relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852

in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Memorial Bridge.

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. PETTY OFFICER BILLY MACHEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

(a) The Farm-to-Market Road 852 bridge crossing Lake Gilmer in

Upshur County is designated as the Petty Officer Billy Machen

Memorial 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 Memorial Bridge and

any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the bridge.

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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1422 passed the Senate on

April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 12, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1422 passed the House, with

amendment, on May 7, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 148,

Nays 0, two present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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