83R2201 VOO-F By: Phillips H.B. No. 695 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to funding state highway markers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 225.021(b) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) The department shall [may] accept a grant or donation made to assist in financing the construction and maintenance of a marker. (c) The department may not [is not required to] design, construct, or erect a marker under this subchapter unless a grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker. 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.