H.B. No. 695
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 695 was passed by the House on April
  4, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 695 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor