SB1351

TxDOT must design and construct markers bearing the memorial designation and other appropriate information, and place a marker at each end and suitable intermediate sites. That duty is expressly subject to Transportation Code section 225.021(c): a grant or donation must cover the design, construction and erection costs before those steps may occur. The September 1 effective date therefore does not prove that signs were installed that day. Final law; Existing highway-marker funding rule.

The existing general rule also requires TxDOT to repair and replace required markers and maintain their grounds, accepts grants or donations to help finance construction and maintenance, and credits the money to the state highway fund. The initial grant-or-donation condition is not a claim that markers cost nothing or never require maintenance. Existing highway-marker funding rule.

The Senate substitute added U.S. Border Patrol Agent to the introduced memorial name. The road segment and funding condition did not change; the Senate-passed, House committee and enrolled texts preserve the substitute. The amendment index lists no separate amendments. Section 2 also expresses the legislature’s intent to renumber the new provision if needed to prevent duplicate section designations. Introduced bill; Senate substitute; Senate-passed text; House committee text; Text index; Amendment index; Final law.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

The law provides a public memorial along the specified highway segment. TxDOT handles the markers within the funding framework; a grant or donation must first cover the specified initial costs. The act provides no construction budget, sign-installation deadline, traffic forecast or economic-benefit estimate. It does not verify that funding has been received or markers erected. Final law; Existing highway-marker funding rule.

The April 16 and April 23 fiscal notes anticipate no significant state fiscal impact, assume state costs can be absorbed with existing resources, and anticipate no local-government fiscal impact. They do not quote a marker price or quantify commemorative benefits. The act makes no appropriation. Introduced fiscal note; Substitute fiscal note; Final law.