H.B. No. 747
AN ACT
relating to the designation of the El Camino East/West Corridor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.0401 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.0401. EL CAMINO EAST/WEST CORRIDOR. (a) The parts
of State Highways 7, 21, and 103, United States Highway 290, and
Interstate Highway 10 that create a route from the Pendleton Bridge
in Sabine County to the El Paso-Hudspeth County line are designated
as the El Camino East/West Corridor.
(b) The part of Interstate Highway 10 that follows the route
of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro in El Paso County is
designated as the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro East/West
Corridor.
(c) To the extent the El Camino East/West Commission
reimburses the department for the department's costs, the
department shall:
(1) design and construct markers in consultation with
the El Camino East/West Commission to be placed along the corridor
indicating the highway number, the appropriate designation, and any
other appropriate information; and
(2) erect a marker at each end of the corridor and at
appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor.
(d) Funds collected by the department under Subsection (c)
shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 747 was passed by the House on March
23, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 747 on May 16, 2005, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 747 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 747 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 3, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0;
at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
747 on May 27, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor