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

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

FULL TEXT:
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.