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| 1 | 1 | 89R672 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Harris H.B. No. 1398 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for | |
| 10 | 10 | victims of certain vehicle collisions. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Sections 201.909(e), (f), and (g), | |
| 13 | 13 | Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (e) If the application meets the department's requirements | |
| 15 | 15 | and the applicant pays the memorial sign fee, the department shall | |
| 16 | 16 | erect a sign. A sign posted under this section may remain posted for | |
| 17 | 17 | ten [two] years. At the end of the ten-year [two-year] period the | |
| 18 | 18 | department may release the sign to the applicant. The department is | |
| 19 | 19 | not required to release a sign that has been damaged. | |
| 20 | 20 | (f) A sign posted under this section that is damaged shall | |
| 21 | 21 | be removed by the department. Except as provided in Subsection (g), | |
| 22 | 22 | the department may post a new sign if it has been less than ten [two] | |
| 23 | 23 | years from the posting of the original sign and a person: | |
| 24 | 24 | (1) submits a written request to the department to | |
| 25 | 25 | replace the sign; and | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) submits a replacement fee in the amount provided | |
| 27 | 27 | under Subsection (d)(2). | |
| 28 | 28 | (g) During the ten-year [two-year] posting period the | |
| 29 | 29 | department shall replace a sign posted under this section that is | |
| 30 | 30 | damaged because of the department's negligence. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |