87R5862 DRS-D
 
  By: Landgraf H.B. No. 1574
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for
  victims of certain vehicle accidents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 201.909(e), (f), and (g),
  Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (e)  If the application meets the department's requirements
  and the applicant pays the memorial sign fee, the department shall
  erect a sign. A sign posted under this section may remain posted for
  ten [two] years. At the end of the ten-year [two-year] period the
  department may release the sign to the applicant. The department is
  not required to release a sign that has been damaged.
         (f)  A sign posted under this section that is damaged shall
  be removed by the department. Except as provided in Subsection (g),
  the department may post a new sign if it has been less than ten [two]
  years from the posting of the original sign and a person:
               (1)  submits a written request to the department to
  replace the sign; and
               (2)  submits a replacement fee in the amount provided
  under Subsection (d)(2).
         (g)  During the ten-year [two-year] posting period the
  department shall replace a sign posted under this section that is
  damaged because of the department's negligence.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.