By Haywood S.B. No. 803 77R5508 JAT-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the placement of the Camp Howze historical monument. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Transportation Code, is amended by 1-5 adding Section 250.002 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 250.002. CAMP HOWZE HISTORICAL MONUMENT. (a) The 1-7 department shall permit a private organization formed for the 1-8 purpose to erect at the Texas travel information center adjacent to 1-9 Interstate 35 near Gainesville a monument commemorating Camp Howze 1-10 and the soldiers of the 84th, 86th, and 103rd divisions of the 1-11 United States Army who served during World War II. 1-12 (b) On behalf of the state, the department may accept the 1-13 monument as a gift and spend funds to maintain the monument. The 1-14 department may accept a grant or donation to assist in financing 1-15 the maintenance of the monument. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.