89R3591 CXP-F
By: Flores S.B. No. 249
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to memorial markers honoring certain peace officers killed
in the line of duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.910(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission by rule shall authorize memorial markers
honoring peace officers killed in the line of duty who are not
Department of Public Safety troopers. The program established
under this subsection [section] shall be identical to the
commission's existing program for memorial markers for honoring
Department of Public Safety troopers except that the markers are
not required to be privately funded and the commission shall
provide funding for the memorial markers if the legislature
appropriates money for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.