Bill Text: TX SB928 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.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-Comm_Sub.html
By: Rodríguez, et al. | S.B. No. 928 | |
(Pickett) | ||
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relating to the establishment of 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 442.019 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 442.019. TOM LEA TRAIL. (a) The commission shall | ||
develop a Tom Lea Trail program to commemorate the life and art of | ||
Tom Lea. | ||
(b) The program, at a minimum, shall include: | ||
(1) designation of locations that are historically | ||
significant to the life and art of Tom Lea; | ||
(2) adoption of an icon, symbol, or other identifying | ||
device to represent a designation under this section; | ||
(3) the use of the icon, symbol, or other identifying | ||
device in promoting tourism around this state by the commission and | ||
at locations designated under this section; and | ||
(4) the development of itineraries and maps to guide | ||
tourists to locations designated under this section. | ||
(c) The commission shall adopt: | ||
(1) eligibility criteria for a designation under this | ||
section; and | ||
(2) procedures to administer the program created under | ||
this section. | ||
(d) A historic marker or sign relating to the life and art of | ||
Tom Lea that is erected or maintained pursuant to the program | ||
adopted under this section must be located not more than five miles | ||
from a location designated under Subsection (b)(1). | ||
(e) The commission may, as necessary, enter into a | ||
memorandum of understanding with the Texas Economic Development and | ||
Tourism Office and the Texas Department of Transportation to | ||
implement this section. | ||
(f) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
other donations from any source to implement this section. The | ||
commission is not required to promote or market the Tom Lea Trail | ||
unless the commission receives funds raised from private entities | ||
for that purpose. | ||
(g) The following segments of highway shall constitute the | ||
Tom Lea Trail: | ||
(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. | ||
(h) In this section, a reference to a municipal boundary | ||
means that boundary as it exists on September 1, 2017. | ||
(i) A designation of highway segments as the Tom Lea Trail | ||
may not be construed as a designation under the National Historic | ||
Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et seq.). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |