S.B. No. 521
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's memorial sign
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.909, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c) A sign designed and posted under this section shall
include:
(1) the phrase "Please Don't Drink and Drive";
(2) the phrase "In Memory Of" and the name of one or
more victims [the victim] in accordance with the commission rule
[in whose memory the sign is placed]; and
(3) the date of the accident that resulted in the
victim's death.
(c-1) The sign may include the names of more than one victim
so long as the total length of the names does not exceed one line of
text.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 521 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 521 passed the House on
May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor