83R2201 VOO-F
 
  By: Phillips H.B. No. 695
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to funding state highway markers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 225.021(b) and (c), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The department shall [may] accept a grant or donation
  made to assist in financing the construction and maintenance of a
  marker.
         (c)  The department may not [is not required to] design,
  construct, or erect a marker under this subchapter 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.