| 1 | 1 | | 81R2335 JD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 580 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for |
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| 8 | 8 | | victims of certain vehicle accidents. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 201.909(e), (f), and (g), |
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| 11 | 11 | | Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) If the application meets the department's requirements |
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| 13 | 13 | | and the applicant pays the memorial sign fee, the department shall |
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| 14 | 14 | | erect a sign. A sign posted under this section may remain posted |
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| 15 | 15 | | for two years [one year]. At the end of the two-year [one-year] |
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| 16 | 16 | | period the department may release the sign to the applicant. The |
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| 17 | 17 | | department is not required to release a sign that has been damaged. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (f) A sign posted under this section that is damaged shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | be removed by the department. Except as provided in Subsection |
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| 20 | 20 | | (g), the department may post a new sign if it has been less than two |
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| 21 | 21 | | years [one year] from the posting of the original sign and a person: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) submits a written request to the department to |
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| 23 | 23 | | replace the sign; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) submits a replacement fee in the amount provided |
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| 25 | 25 | | under Subsection (d)(2). |
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| 26 | 26 | | (g) During the two-year [one-year] posting period the |
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| 27 | 27 | | department shall replace a sign posted under this section that is |
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| 28 | 28 | | damaged because of the department's negligence. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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