1-1     By:  Haywood                                           S.B. No. 803
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2001; February 21, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     February 26, 2001, rereferred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
 1-5     Military Installations; March 15, 2001, reported adversely, with
 1-6     favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays
 1-7     0; March 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-8     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 803                  By:  Haywood
 1-9                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-10                                   AN ACT
1-11     relating to the placement of the Camp Howze historical monument.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Chapter 250, Transportation Code, is amended by
1-14     adding Section 250.002 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 250.002.  CAMP HOWZE HISTORICAL MONUMENT.  (a) The
1-16     department shall permit a private organization formed for the
1-17     purpose to erect at the Texas travel information center adjacent to
1-18     Interstate 35 near Gainesville a monument honoring men of the 103rd
1-19     division of the United States Army and the division's support units
1-20     who served during World War II.
1-21           (b)  On behalf of the state, the department may accept the
1-22     monument as a gift and spend funds to erect and maintain the
1-23     monument.  The department may accept grants or donations to assist
1-24     in financing the maintenance of the monument.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-28     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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