Bill Text: TX HB3070 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 80 as a historic highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3070 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3070-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3070 |
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relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 80 as a historic | ||
highway. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 442.028 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 442.028. U.S. HIGHWAY 80 AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY. | ||
(a) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation to designate, interpret, and market the portion of | ||
U.S. Highway 80 in Gregg and Upshur Counties as a Texas historic | ||
highway. | ||
(b) 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. | ||
(c) A designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 80 as a Texas | ||
historic highway may not be construed as a designation under the | ||
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.). | ||
(d) 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3070 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3070 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |