H.B. No. 3422
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 INSTALLATION OR
MAINTENANCE. The commission by rule shall establish a program
under which the department may accept from any source, including an
individual or a private business or organization, donations of
landscape materials for state highways, as authorized by Section
201.206. The program may provide for the department to enter into
an agreement with an individual or private business or organization
for the individual or entity to provide, at no cost to the
department, services for the installation or maintenance of
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3422 was passed by the House on May 2,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3422 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3422 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor