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      H.B. No. 1708         AN ACT   relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 302 in   Ector County as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez 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 225.246 to read as follows:           Sec.   225.246.     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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1708 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. 1708 was passed by the Senate on May   9, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor