Signs at Royal Lane and Luna Road exits by September 1, 2026.
The bill orders the Texas Department of Transportation to put up and maintain highway signs pointing drivers to the Koreatown District in Northwest Dallas by September 1, 2026. The signs go at the Royal Lane exits on Interstate 35E and the Luna Road exits on Interstate 635. The signs must follow state and federal traffic sign manuals, and the law takes effect September 1, 2025.
Labels
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2348 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2348 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Transportation committee 10-0 on May 1, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.
relating to the installation by the Texas Department of
Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.
WHAT IT DOES
Signs at Royal Lane and Luna Road exits by September 1, 2026.
The bill orders the Texas Department of Transportation to put up and maintain highway signs pointing drivers to the Koreatown District in Northwest Dallas by September 1, 2026. The signs go at the Royal Lane exits on Interstate 35E and the Luna Road exits on Interstate 635. The signs must follow state and federal traffic sign manuals, and the law takes effect September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
89R13847 JAM-F
By: Anchía
H.B. No. 3208
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the installation by the Texas Department of
Transportation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section
and not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas Department of
Transportation shall erect and maintain highway signs guiding road
users to the Koreatown District in the Northwest Dallas
neighborhood of Dallas from the following routes:
(1) the exits for Royal Lane from northbound and
southbound Interstate Highway 35E; and
(2) the exits for Luna Road from eastbound and
westbound Interstate Highway 635.
(b) A sign erected under this section may not violate the
Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or the Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices issued by the United States
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.