H.B. No. 3844
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3844 was passed by the House on April
30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3844 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor