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Tex. Transportation Code § 201.979: "WELCOME TO TEXAS" SIGNS.

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TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER O. RAIL RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT

(a) The department shall erect a "Welcome to Texas" sign to designate the state boundary on an interstate, United States, or state highway entering the state.

(b) A "Welcome to Texas" sign erected by the department must include the following elements:

(1) a depiction of the state flag; and

(2) the phrase "Drive Friendly - The Texas Way."

(c) A "Welcome to Texas" sign may also include the phrase "Welcome to Texas - Proud Home of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush."

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) above, if the president of the United States is a resident of Texas, a "Welcome to Texas" sign erected by the department shall include the phrase "Welcome to Texas - Proud Home of President [insert name of the president of the United States]."

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 4465), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2010.

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