{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-201.979","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 201.979","heading":"\"WELCOME TO TEXAS\" SIGNS.","body":"(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.\n(b) A \"Welcome to Texas\" sign erected by the department must include the following elements:\n(1) a depiction of the state flag; and\n(2) the phrase \"Drive Friendly - The Texas Way.\"\n(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.\"\n(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].\"\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 4465), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2010.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER O. RAIL RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.201.htm#201.979","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"6e608972acdce964d582c925cc868a2ce13cabb995ab42bc8540a1edf904cb09","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-201.978","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-201.980"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}