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  H.B. No. 4114
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to memorial monuments on the Capitol grounds, including
  the Tejano monument.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 443.01525 to read as follows:
         Sec. 443.01525.  TEJANO MEMORIAL MONUMENT.  The State
  Preservation Board shall establish a Tejano memorial monument on
  the historic south grounds of the Capitol that pays tribute to the
  contributions of Tejanos to the State of Texas.
         SECTION 2.  Section 443.0152, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Except as provided by Sections 443.01525 and 448.034,
  after September 1, 2009, no additional monuments may be placed on
  the historic grounds of the Capitol.
         SECTION 3.  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. 4114 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 4114 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 1,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4114 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor