By: Lavender H.B. No. 3422
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3422:
By: Lavender C.S.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 INSTALLATION OR
MAINTENANCE. As authorized by Section 201.206, 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. The program shall also provide for the department
to enter 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. Th
is 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.