H.B. No. 2644
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of the Bankhead Highway as a historic
  highway.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 442.026 to read as follows:
         Sec. 442.026.  BANKHEAD HIGHWAY AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY.  
  (a)  The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of
  Transportation to identify, designate, interpret, and market the
  Bankhead Highway as a Texas historic highway, for the portion of the
  Bankhead Highway located in this state.
         (b)  To supplement revenue available for the purposes under
  Subsection (a), the commission and the Texas Department of
  Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway
  enhancement.
         (c)  A designation of the Bankhead Highway as a Texas
  historic highway may not be construed as a designation under the
  National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.).
         (d)  The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
  to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless a
  grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the
  cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker.  Money
  received to cover the cost of the marker shall be deposited to the
  credit of the state highway fund.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2644 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 2644 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 2644 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 142,
  Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2644 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  2644 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor