BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 317
79R1432 JRJ-D By: Staples
Transportation & Homeland Security
AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
As proposed, S.B. 317 designates the parts of State Highways 7, 12, and 103, United States Highway 290, and Interstate 10 that follow the route of the El Camino Real de los Tejas from Pendleton as the El Camino East/West Corridor.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by adding Section 225.0401, as follows:
Sec. 225.0401. EL CAMINO EAST/WEST CORRIDOR. (a) Sets forth that the parts of State Highways 7, 21, and 103, United States Highway 290, and Interstate Highway 10 that follow the route of the El Camino Real de los Tejas from Pendleton to El Paso are designated as the El Camino East/West Corridor (corridor).
(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), to the extent the El Camino East/West Commission (commission) reimburses TxDOT for costs, to:
(1) design and construct markers in consultation with the commission to be placed along the corridor indicating the highway number, the designation as the El Camino East/West Corridor, and any other appropriate information;
(2) erect a marker at the end of the corridor and at appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2005.