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	Amend CSHB 300 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Sections 201.617(a) and (b), Transportation 
Code, as added by Chapter 474 (HB 137), Acts of the 79th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall [may] erect a "Welcome to Texas" 
sign to designate the state boundary on an interstate, United 
States, or state highway entering the state.
	(b)  A "Welcome to Texas" sign erected by the department:               
		(1)  must include [the following elements]:           
			(A) [(1)]  a depiction of the state flag; and        
			(B) [(2)]  the phrase "Drive Friendly--The Texas 
Way"; and
		(2)  may include the phrase "Welcome to Texas--Proud 
Home of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, George H. W. Bush, and George 
W. Bush."
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 201.6175 to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.6175.  TEXAS FLAG AT INTERNATIONAL PORT-OF-ENTRY.  
(a) The department shall erect and maintain a Texas flag to 
designate the state boundary at an appropriate location at or near 
each interstate, United States, or state highway originating at an 
official port-of-entry on an international border.
	(b)  A Texas flag erected under this section must:                      
		(1)  be visible from the international port-of-entry; 
and            
		(2)  be of a size equal to or larger than the size of the 
flag of any foreign nation flown at the port-of-entry located on the 
opposite side of the international border.
	(c)  The department may contract with any governmental or 
private entity for the care and maintenance of a Texas flag erected 
under this section.