BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center C.S.S.B. 317
By: Staples
Transportation & Homeland Security
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
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.