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