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By: Lavender (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) |
H.B. No. 3422 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 16, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; |
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May 16, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3422 |
By: Paxton |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to donations of landscape materials and services to the |
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Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 392, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 392.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 392.003. DONATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION OR |
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MAINTENANCE. The commission by rule shall establish a program |
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under which the department may accept from any source, including an |
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individual or a private business or organization, donations of |
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landscape materials for state highways, as authorized by Section |
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201.206. The program may provide for the department to enter into |
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an agreement with an individual or private business or organization |
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for the individual or entity to provide, at no cost to the |
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department, services for the installation or maintenance of |
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landscaping on state highways. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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