By: Wentworth  S.B. No. 1831
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 24, 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 the El Camino Real de los Tejas
  National Historic Trail as a historic highway.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 442.021, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c) through (f) to read as follows:
         (c)  The commission shall cooperate with the Texas
  Department of Transportation to designate, interpret, and market
  the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail as a Texas
  historic highway.
         (d)  To supplement revenue available for the purposes under
  Subsection (c), the commission and the Texas Department of
  Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway
  enhancement.
         (e)  A designation of the El Camino Real de los Tejas
  National Historic Trail 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.).
         (f)  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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