By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1831
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 24, 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 the El Camino Real de los Tejas
National Historic Trail as a historic highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 442.021, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c) through (f) to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas
Department of Transportation to designate, interpret, and market
the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail as a Texas
historic highway.
(d) To supplement revenue available for the purposes under
Subsection (c), the commission and the Texas Department of
Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway
enhancement.
(e) A designation of the El Camino Real de los Tejas
National Historic Trail 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.).
(f) 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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