Texas Transportation Code 225.001 – Restrictions On Naming Highway
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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.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 225.001
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(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.