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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas Department of Transportation's memorial sign |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.909, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) A sign designed and posted under this section shall |
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include: |
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(1) the phrase "Please Don't Drink and Drive"; |
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(2) the phrase "In Memory Of" and the name of one or |
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more victims [the victim] in accordance with the commission rule |
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[in whose memory the sign is placed]; and |
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(3) the date of the accident that resulted in the |
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victim's death. |
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(c-1) The sign may include the names of more than one victim |
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so long as the total length of the names does not exceed one line of |
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text. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 521 passed the Senate on |
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April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 521 passed the House on |
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May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |