By:  McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - Staples)                        H.B. No. 747
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 29, 2005; 
March 30, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Transportation and Homeland Security; April 25, 2005, reported 
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following 
vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 25, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. NO. 747                                    By:  Brimer


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 REAL EAST/WEST CORRIDOR.  (a)  The 
parts of State Highways 7, 21, and 103, United States Highway 290, 
and Interstate Highway 10 from Pendleton to El Paso are designated 
as the El Camino Real East/West Corridor.
	(b)  To the extent the El Camino Real 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 Real East/West 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; and
		(2)  erect a marker at each end of the corridor and at 
appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor.
	(c)  Funds provided to reimburse the department for costs 
associated with implementing this Section 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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