Tex. Transp. Code § 225.001 · Subchapter A. STATE HIGHWAY NAMES IN GENERAL

RESTRICTIONS ON NAMING HIGHWAY.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

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

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.225.htm
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