85R6898 JAM-D
 
  By: Pickett H.B. No. 1992
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of portions of certain highways as the
  Tom Lea 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 442.033 to read as follows:
         Sec. 442.033.  TOM LEA TRAIL AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY. (a)
  The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of
  Transportation to designate, interpret, and market the following
  segments of highway as the Tom Lea Trail and a Texas historic
  highway:
               (1)  Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
  the northern municipal boundary of El Paso to its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 20; 
               (2)  Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the western
  municipal boundary of Sweetwater; 
               (3)  Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
  the eastern municipal boundary of Sweetwater to its intersection
  with U.S. Highway 277; 
               (4)  U.S. Highway 277 from its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with State Highway 114 in
  Seymour; 
               (5)  State Highway 114 from its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 277 in Seymour to its intersection with State Highway 199; 
               (6)  State Highway 199 from its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 281 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 30; 
               (7)  Interstate Highway 30 from its intersection with
  State Highway 199 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 35
  East in Dallas; 
               (8)  Interstate Highway 35 East from its intersection
  with Interstate Highway 30 in Dallas to its intersection with State
  Highway 6 outside of the southern municipal boundary of Waco; 
               (9)  State Highway 6 from its intersection with
  Interstate 35 East to its intersection with State Highway 30 in
  College Station; 
               (10)  State Highway 30 from its intersection with State
  Highway 6 in College Station to its intersection with Interstate
  Highway 45; 
               (11)  Interstate Highway 45 from its intersection with
  State Highway 30 to its terminus in Galveston;
               (12)  State Highway 21 from its intersection with State
  Highway 6 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 290;
               (13)  U.S.  Highway 290 from its intersection with
  State Highway 21 to its intersection with the eastern municipal
  boundary of Austin; 
               (14)  U.S.  Highway 290 from its intersection with the
  western municipal boundary of Austin to its intersection with the
  eastern municipal boundary of Fredericksburg;
               (15)  U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
  western municipal boundary of Fredericksburg to its intersection
  with Interstate Highway 10;
               (16)  Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
  U.S. Highway 290:
                     (A)  west to its intersection with U.S. Highway
  385; and 
                     (B)  east to its intersection with Interstate
  Highway 37; 
               (17)  U.S. Highway 385 from its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the southern
  municipal boundary of Odessa; 
               (18)  Interstate Highway 37 from its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 77; 
               (19)  U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with
  Interstate Highway 37 to its intersection with the northern
  municipal boundary of Kingsville;
               (20)  U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with the
  southern municipal boundary of Kingsville to its intersection with
  State Highway 285 in Riviera; and
               (21)  State Highway 285 from its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 77 in Riviera to its intersection with the eastern
  municipal boundary of Hebbronville.
         (b)  In this section, a reference to a municipal boundary
  means that boundary as it exists on September 1, 2017.
         (c)  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.
         (d)  A designation of highway segments as the Tom Lea Trail
  and a Texas historic highway may not be construed as a designation
  under the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section
  300101 et seq.).
         (e)  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, 2017.