77R11523 JAT-F                           
         By Danburg                                            H.B. No. 2263
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2263:
         By Alexander                                      C.S.H.B. No. 2263
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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.
 2-5           SECTION 2.  The Texas Department of Transportation is not
 2-6     required by Section 442.0065, Government Code, as added by this
 2-7     Act, to replace or change a historical marker sign that was erected
 2-8     before the effective date of this Act except in the normal course
 2-9     of maintenance of the sign.
2-10           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-11     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each  house, as
2-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.