By: Rodriguez  S.B. No. 1096
         (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2011; March 16, 2011, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland
  Security; April 12, 2011, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 12, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the designation of State Highway 20 as a historic
  highway.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 442.027 to read as follows:
         Sec. 442.027.  STATE HIGHWAY 20 AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY.  
  (a)  The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of
  Transportation to designate, interpret, and market State Highway 20
  as a Texas historic highway.
         (b)  To supplement revenue available for the purposes under
  Subsection (a), the commission and the Texas Department of
  Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway
  enhancement.
         (c)  A designation of State Highway 20 as a Texas historic
  highway may not be construed as a designation under the National
  Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.).
         (d)  The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
  to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless a
  grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the
  cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker.  Money
  received to cover the cost of the marker shall be deposited to the
  credit of the state highway fund.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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