Bill Text: TX HB1992 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of portions of certain highways as the Tom Lea Trail.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - Referred to Transportation [HB1992 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1992-Introduced.html

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85R6898 JAM-D
By: Pickett H.B. No. 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of portions of certain highways as the
Tom Lea Trail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 442.033 to read as follows:
Sec. 442.033. TOM LEA TRAIL AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY. (a)
The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of
Transportation to designate, interpret, and market the following
segments of highway as the Tom Lea Trail and a Texas historic
highway:
(1) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
the northern municipal boundary of El Paso to its intersection with
Interstate Highway 20;
(2) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the western
municipal boundary of Sweetwater;
(3) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
the eastern municipal boundary of Sweetwater to its intersection
with U.S. Highway 277;
(4) U.S. Highway 277 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with State Highway 114 in
Seymour;
(5) State Highway 114 from its intersection with U.S.
Highway 277 in Seymour to its intersection with State Highway 199;
(6) State Highway 199 from its intersection with U.S.
Highway 281 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 30;
(7) Interstate Highway 30 from its intersection with
State Highway 199 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 35
East in Dallas;
(8) Interstate Highway 35 East from its intersection
with Interstate Highway 30 in Dallas to its intersection with State
Highway 6 outside of the southern municipal boundary of Waco;
(9) State Highway 6 from its intersection with
Interstate 35 East to its intersection with State Highway 30 in
College Station;
(10) State Highway 30 from its intersection with State
Highway 6 in College Station to its intersection with Interstate
Highway 45;
(11) Interstate Highway 45 from its intersection with
State Highway 30 to its terminus in Galveston;
(12) State Highway 21 from its intersection with State
Highway 6 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 290;
(13) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with
State Highway 21 to its intersection with the eastern municipal
boundary of Austin;
(14) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
western municipal boundary of Austin to its intersection with the
eastern municipal boundary of Fredericksburg;
(15) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
western municipal boundary of Fredericksburg to its intersection
with Interstate Highway 10;
(16) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
U.S. Highway 290:
(A) west to its intersection with U.S. Highway
385; and
(B) east to its intersection with Interstate
Highway 37;
(17) U.S. Highway 385 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the southern
municipal boundary of Odessa;
(18) Interstate Highway 37 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 77;
(19) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 37 to its intersection with the northern
municipal boundary of Kingsville;
(20) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with the
southern municipal boundary of Kingsville to its intersection with
State Highway 285 in Riviera; and
(21) State Highway 285 from its intersection with U.S.
Highway 77 in Riviera to its intersection with the eastern
municipal boundary of Hebbronville.
(b) In this section, a reference to a municipal boundary
means that boundary as it exists on September 1, 2017.
(c) To supplement revenue available for the purposes under
Subsection (a), the commission and the Texas Department of
Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway
enhancement.
(d) A designation of highway segments as the Tom Lea Trail
and a Texas historic highway may not be construed as a designation
under the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section
300101 et seq.).
(e) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless a
grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the
cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker. Money
received to cover the cost of the marker shall be deposited to the
credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.