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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of portions of certain highways as the |
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Tom Lea Trail. |
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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 442.033 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 442.033. TOM LEA TRAIL AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY. (a) |
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The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of |
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Transportation to designate, interpret, and market the following |
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segments of highway as the Tom Lea Trail and a Texas historic |
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highway: |
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(1) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with |
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the northern municipal boundary of El Paso to its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 20; |
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(2) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the western |
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municipal boundary of Sweetwater; |
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(3) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with |
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the eastern municipal boundary of Sweetwater to its intersection |
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with U.S. Highway 277; |
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(4) U.S. Highway 277 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with State Highway 114 in |
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Seymour; |
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(5) State Highway 114 from its intersection with U.S. |
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Highway 277 in Seymour to its intersection with State Highway 199; |
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(6) State Highway 199 from its intersection with U.S. |
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Highway 281 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 30; |
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(7) Interstate Highway 30 from its intersection with |
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State Highway 199 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 35 |
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East in Dallas; |
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(8) Interstate Highway 35 East from its intersection |
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with Interstate Highway 30 in Dallas to its intersection with State |
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Highway 6 outside of the southern municipal boundary of Waco; |
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(9) State Highway 6 from its intersection with |
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Interstate 35 East to its intersection with State Highway 30 in |
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College Station; |
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(10) State Highway 30 from its intersection with State |
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Highway 6 in College Station to its intersection with Interstate |
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Highway 45; |
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(11) Interstate Highway 45 from its intersection with |
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State Highway 30 to its terminus in Galveston; |
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(12) State Highway 21 from its intersection with State |
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Highway 6 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 290; |
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(13) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with |
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State Highway 21 to its intersection with the eastern municipal |
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boundary of Austin; |
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(14) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the |
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western municipal boundary of Austin to its intersection with the |
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eastern municipal boundary of Fredericksburg; |
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(15) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the |
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western municipal boundary of Fredericksburg to its intersection |
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with Interstate Highway 10; |
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(16) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with |
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U.S. Highway 290: |
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(A) west to its intersection with U.S. Highway |
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385; and |
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(B) east to its intersection with Interstate |
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Highway 37; |
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(17) U.S. Highway 385 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the southern |
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municipal boundary of Odessa; |
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(18) Interstate Highway 37 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 77; |
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(19) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 37 to its intersection with the northern |
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municipal boundary of Kingsville; |
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(20) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with the |
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southern municipal boundary of Kingsville to its intersection with |
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State Highway 285 in Riviera; and |
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(21) State Highway 285 from its intersection with U.S. |
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Highway 77 in Riviera to its intersection with the eastern |
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municipal boundary of Hebbronville. |
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(b) In this section, a reference to a municipal boundary |
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means that boundary as it exists on September 1, 2017. |
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(c) 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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(d) A designation of highway segments as the Tom Lea Trail |
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and a Texas historic highway may not be construed as a designation |
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under the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section |
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300101 et seq.). |
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(e) 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, 2017. |