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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.