Bill Text: TX SB928 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Tom Lea Trail.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB928 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB928-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Tom Lea Trail.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB928 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB928-Introduced.html
85R6898 JAM-D | ||
By: Rodríguez, Estes | S.B. No. 928 |
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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. |