81R8699 YDB-D

By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 2501

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of the Scenic Loop--Boerne Stage Road Driving Trail.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 442.024 to read as follows:

Sec. 442.024. SCENIC LOOP--BOERNE STAGE ROAD DRIVING TRAIL. (a) The commission shall create a scenic driving trail that follows part of the Old Spanish Trail automobile highway in Bexar and Kendall Counties and consists of four legs. The first leg begins at State Highway 16 in Helotes and continues north on the Scenic Loop Road to the intersection of the Boerne Stage Road and the Toutant Beauregard Road. The second leg begins at the Boerne Stage Road in Leon Springs and continues west to the intersection of the Scenic Loop Road and the Toutant Beauregard Road. The third leg begins at the intersection of the Scenic Loop Road, the Boerne Stage Road, and the Toutant Beauregard Road and continues west on the Toutant Beauregard Road to the Kendall County line. The fourth leg begins at the intersection of the Scenic Loop Road, the Boerne Stage Road, and the Toutant Beauregard Road and continues north on the Boerne Stage Road to the Kendall County line then continues on the Scenic Loop Road to Boerne in Kendall County.

(b) The scenic driving trail created by the commission shall be known as the Scenic Loop--Boerne Stage Road Driving Trail. The Texas Department of Transportation shall erect a marker identifying the Scenic Loop--Boerne Stage Road Driving Trail at appropriate intermediate sites and at each end of each of the four legs of the Scenic Loop--Boerne Stage Road Driving Trail.

(c) The commission shall promote the scenic driving trail in the materials and travel brochures promoting the Texas Heritage Trails Regions.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.