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.



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Speaker of the HousePresident of the Senate


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.

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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.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________________
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Governor