By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) H.B. No. 3868
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of Westside Drive in El Paso County as
the Don Juan de Onate Trail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 442.030 to read as follows:
Sec. 442.030. DON JUAN DE ONATE TRAIL AS TEXAS HISTORIC
HIGHWAY. (a) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas
Department of Transportation to designate, interpret, and market
Westside Drive in El Paso County as the Don Juan de Onate Trail and 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 Westside Drive in El Paso County as the
Don Juan de Onate Trail and 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, 2015.
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