(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 271 from Loop 286 north to the Texas-Oklahoma border is designated as the Sergeant Jay M. Hoskins Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Sergeant Jay M. Hoskins 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.