1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a guide for historical markers along roadways in this
1-3 state.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Section 442.0065 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 442.0065. GUIDE TO HISTORICAL MARKERS. (a) In this
1-8 section, "department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.
1-9 (b) The department, in consultation with the commission,
1-10 shall publish a guide to historical markers along roadways in this
1-11 state that includes:
1-12 (1) a listing of the historical markers along roadways
1-13 with identifying numbers assigned to each marker by the department;
1-14 and
1-15 (2) a summary of the information on each marker.
1-16 (c) For each historical marker, the department shall erect
1-17 and maintain, if practicable, signs informing users of the roadway
1-18 of the marker and indicating the identifying number of the marker.
1-19 The department shall erect a sign under this subsection
1-20 approximately one mile preceding the historical marker if that
1-21 placement is practicable.
1-22 (d) The department shall use information from the
1-23 commission's Texas historical roadside marker restoration program
1-24 and the state historical marker program under Section 442.006 in
2-1 creating the guide to historical markers under Subsection (b).
2-2 (e) The department shall make available to the public the
2-3 guide published under Subsection (b) at a reasonable price
2-4 determined by the department. Revenue from sales of the guide
2-5 shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund and is
2-6 exempt from the application of Section 403.095.
2-7 (f) The department shall work with the commission to ensure
2-8 that there is no duplication between publications currently
2-9 available through the commission or other sources.
2-10 SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Transportation is not
2-11 required by Section 442.0065, Government Code, as added by this
2-12 Act, to replace or change a historical marker sign that was erected
2-13 before the effective date of this Act except in the normal course
2-14 of maintenance of the sign.
2-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2263 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2263 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2263 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor