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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of the Bankhead Highway as a historic |
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highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 442.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 442.026. BANKHEAD HIGHWAY AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY. |
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(a) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of |
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Transportation to identify, designate, interpret, and market the |
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Bankhead Highway as a Texas historic highway, for the portion of the |
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Bankhead Highway located in this state. |
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(b) To supplement revenue available for the purposes under |
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Subsection (a), the commission and the Texas Department of |
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Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway |
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enhancement. |
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(c) A designation of the Bankhead Highway as a Texas |
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historic highway may not be construed as a designation under the |
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National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.). |
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(d) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required |
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to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless a |
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grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the |
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cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker. Money |
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received to cover the cost of the marker shall be deposited to the |
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credit of the state highway fund. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2644 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2644 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2644 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2644 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2644 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |