By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1096
(In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2011; March 16, 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 State Highway 20 as a historic
highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 442.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 442.027. STATE HIGHWAY 20 AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY.
(a) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of
Transportation to designate, interpret, and market State Highway 20
as a Texas historic highway.
(b) 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.
(c) A designation of State Highway 20 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.).
(d) 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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