| 1 | 1 | | By: Gonzalez (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 1866 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 4, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2011, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the designation of State Highway 20 as a historic |
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| 12 | 12 | | highway. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 442.027 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 442.027. STATE HIGHWAY 20 AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of |
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| 18 | 18 | | Transportation to designate, interpret, and market State Highway 20 |
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| 19 | 19 | | as a Texas historic highway. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) To supplement revenue available for the purposes under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Subsection (a), the commission and the Texas Department of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway |
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| 23 | 23 | | enhancement. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) A designation of State Highway 20 as a Texas historic |
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| 25 | 25 | | highway may not be construed as a designation under the National |
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| 26 | 26 | | Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.). |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required |
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| 28 | 28 | | to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless a |
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| 29 | 29 | | grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the |
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| 30 | 30 | | cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker. Money |
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| 31 | 31 | | received to cover the cost of the marker shall be deposited to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | credit of the state highway fund. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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