H.B. No. 3844
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the permissible sources of funding for memorial markers
  to designate the Veterans Memorial Highway.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 225.059(d), Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 546 (H.B. 1136), Acts of the 79th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The department is not required to design, construct, or
  erect a marker under this section unless a grant or donation of
  public funds, private funds, or both 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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3844 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3844 was passed by the Senate on May
  27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor