By: Smith of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 3844
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2009;
May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 15, 2009, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2009, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the permissible sources of funding for memorial markers
to designate the Veterans Memorial Highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 225.059(d), Transportation Code, as
added by Chapter 546 (H.B. 1136), Acts of the 79th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows:
(d) The department is not required to design, construct, or
erect a marker under this section unless a grant or donation of
public funds, private funds, or both is made to the department to
cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the
marker.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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