89R672 DRS-D     By: Harris H.B. No. 1398       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to signs posted under the memorial sign program for   victims of certain vehicle collisions.          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, 2025.