Texas Transportation Code

§ 225.001 — RESTRICTIONS ON NAMING HIGHWAY

TN § 225.001Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM · Ch. 225. STATE HIGHWAY NAMES · Art. A. STATE HIGHWAY NAMES IN GENERAL

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(a)The commission may not designate a part of the highway system, including a bridge or street, by a name, including the name of a living individual or for an organization or event, or by a symbol other than the regular highway number.

(b)Except as otherwise provided by statute, a part of the highway system, including a bridge or street, may not be designated by a name.

(c)A part of the highway system, including a bridge or street, may be designated by the name of a person only if the person is deceased and was significant:

(1)in the state's history; or

(2)in the lives of the people of this state. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (H.B. 53), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.