83R1256 JXC-D
By: Lavender H.B. No. 3422
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to donations of landscape materials and services to the
Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 392, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 392.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 392.003. DONATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. As
authorized by Section 201.206, the department may:
(1) accept donations of landscape materials for state
highways; and
(2) enter into an agreement with a person to provide
for volunteer services to install or maintain landscaping on state
highways.
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, 2013.