H.B. No. 695
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 695 was passed by the House on April
4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 695 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor