H.B. No. 2071




AN ACT

relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 281 as the American 
Legion Memorial Highway.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 225.059 to read as follows:
	Sec. 225.059.  AMERICAN LEGION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  U.S. 
Highway 281 is designated as the American Legion Memorial Highway.
	(b)  The department shall design and construct memorial 
markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the 
American Legion Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate 
information.  A marker erected under this section shall be of the 
same design as markers previously erected designating U.S. Highway 
281 as the American Legion Memorial Highway by order of the 
commission.  The department may accept decals from the American 
Legion for the markers.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department 
shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate 
intermediate sites along the highway.
	(d)  The department is not required to design, construct, or 
erect a marker under this section unless a grant or donation of 
private funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the 
design, construction, and erection of the marker.
	(e)  Money received under Subsection (d) shall be deposited 
to the credit of the state highway fund.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2071 was passed by the House on April 
29, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2071 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor