Bill Text: TX HB1574 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1574 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for victims of certain vehicle accidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-06 - Referred to Transportation [HB1574 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1574-Comm_Sub.html

	87R5862 DRS-D

	By: Landgraf, Guillen	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.