Bill Text: TX HB1908 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-11 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1908-Comm_Sub.html
87R21096 CXP-F | |||
By: Morales of Maverick | H.B. No. 1908 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1908: | |||
By: Martinez | C.S.H.B. No. 1908 |
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relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 391.256 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 391.256. SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM. (a) The department | ||
shall plan, design, and establish a program for designating | ||
highways as State Scenic Byways. | ||
(b) The program must include a process by which the | ||
department: | ||
(1) receives proposals from political subdivisions or | ||
other community groups approved by the department for funding | ||
projects in accordance with 23 U.S.C. Section 162; | ||
(2) applies for grants under 23 U.S.C. Section 162 for | ||
the projects; and | ||
(3) allows an applicant who consents to pay for the | ||
costs of the projects that are not covered by grants made under 23 | ||
U.S.C. Section 162. | ||
(c) A highway must be designated as a State Scenic Byway | ||
under the program established by this section before the department | ||
applies for a grant under Subsection (b)(2) for a project related to | ||
the highway. | ||
(d) The department may use money from the state highway fund | ||
for a project that receives a grant made under 23 U.S.C. Section 162 | ||
only for the purpose of satisfying matching funds requirements for | ||
the grant. | ||
(e) The department may only designate a highway described by | ||
Section 391.252 as a State Scenic Byway. | ||
(f) The commission by rule shall prohibit outdoor | ||
advertising in a manner consistent with 23 U.S.C. Section 131(s) on | ||
a State Scenic Byway designated under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation shall establish the program required | ||
by Section 391.256, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, and | ||
the Texas Transportation Commission shall adopt rules as necessary | ||
to implement that section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |