1-1     By:  Danburg (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos)              H.B. No. 2263
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to a guide for historical markers along roadways in this
 1-9     state.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by
1-12     adding Section 442.0065 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 442.0065.  GUIDE TO HISTORICAL MARKERS. (a)  In this
1-14     section, "department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.
1-15           (b)  The department, in consultation with the commission,
1-16     shall publish a guide to historical markers along roadways in this
1-17     state that includes:
1-18                 (1)  a listing of the historical markers along roadways
1-19     with identifying numbers assigned to each marker by the department;
1-20     and
1-21                 (2)  a summary of the information on each marker.
1-22           (c)  For each historical marker, the department shall erect
1-23     and maintain, if practicable, signs informing users of the roadway
1-24     of the marker and indicating the identifying number of the marker.
1-25     The department shall erect a sign under this subsection
1-26     approximately one mile preceding the historical marker if that
1-27     placement is practicable.
1-28           (d)  The department shall use information from the
1-29     commission's Texas historical roadside marker restoration program
1-30     and the state historical marker program under Section 442.006 in
1-31     creating the guide to historical markers under Subsection (b).
1-32           (e)  The department shall make available to the public the
1-33     guide published under Subsection (b) at a reasonable price
1-34     determined by the department.
1-35           SECTION 2.  The Texas Department of Transportation is not
1-36     required by Section 442.0065, Government Code, as added by this
1-37     Act, to replace or change a historical marker sign that was erected
1-38     before the effective date of this Act except in the normal course
1-39     of maintenance of the sign.
1-40           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-41     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each  house, as
1-42     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-43     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-44     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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