79R1432 JRJ-D


By:  McReynolds                                                   H.B. No. 747



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 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.
	(b)  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 designation as the El Camino 
East/West Corridor, and any other appropriate information; and
		(2)  erect a marker at each end of the corridor and at 
appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor.
	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.