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AN ACT
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relating to the permissible sources of funding for memorial markers  | 
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to designate the Veterans Memorial Highway. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Section 225.059(d), Transportation Code, as  | 
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added by Chapter 546 (H.B. 1136), Acts of the 79th Legislature,  | 
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Regular Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows: | 
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       (d)  The department is not required to design, construct, or  | 
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erect a marker under this section unless a grant or donation of  | 
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public funds, private funds, or both is made to the department to  | 
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cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the  | 
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marker. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 3844 was passed by the House on April  | 
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30, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
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voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 3844 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
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27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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                 Governor        |