BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                 C.S.S.B. 317

                                                                                                                                          By: Staples

Transportation & Homeland Security

3/10/2005

Committee Report (Substituted)

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

C.S.S.B. 317 designates the parts of State Highways 7, 12, and 103, United States Highway 290, and Interstate 10 as the El Camino Real East/West Corridor.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

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 REAL EAST/WEST CORRIDOR.  (a)  Designates the parts of State Highways 7, 21, and 103, United States Highway 290, and Interstate Highway 10 from Pendleton to El Paso as the El Camino Real East/West Corridor (corridor).

                        (b)  Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), to the extent the                          El Camino Real 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 Real 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.