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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the maintenance of certain roads near an international  | 
         
         
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            border. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Chapter 250, Transportation Code, is amended by  | 
         
         
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            adding Section 250.002 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 250.002.  MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN ROADS.  The department  | 
         
         
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            shall ensure that a route in the state highway system, including  | 
         
         
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            Farm-to-Market Road 1021, between Eagle Pass and Laredo is  | 
         
         
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            sufficiently maintained to allow for economic development and the  | 
         
         
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            provision of homeland security along the route. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |