81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2142, vetoed Page: 1 of 1

                                
PROCLAMATION
BY THE
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 14, of the Texas Constitution, I, Rick Perry, Governor of
Texas, do hereby disapprove of and veto House Bill No. 2142 as passed by the Eighty-
first Texas Legislature, Regular Session, because of the following objections:
House Bill No. 2142 limits the Texas Department of Transportation's ability to
market or advertise the use of toll roads or tolling as a method of paying for
highway projects, preventing the state from advertising resources such as toll tags.
Marketing toll roads as a user-fee-based alternative to congested highways is
important to relieving congestion on other state roads and keeping Texas moving.
Since the Legislature by its adjournment has prevented the return of this bill, I am filing
these objections in the office of the Secretary of State and giving notice thereof by this
public proclamation according to the aforementioned constitutional provision.
IN  TESTIMONY   WHEREOF, I
have signed my name officially
and caused the Seal of the State to
be affixed hereto at Austin, this
tyf19th day of June, 2009.
.,                          RIC
Governor of Texas
ATTESTED BY:

SH    TER,
Depy Secretary of State
"EILE IN THE OFFICE OP THE
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JUN 19 2009