By: Price, Springer (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 978
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 30, 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 the Route 66 Historic Corridor.
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. ROUTE 66 HISTORIC CORRIDOR. (a) The
commission shall identify relevant segments of former U.S. Highway
66 located in this state that are still in use and designate those
segments as a historic corridor.
(b) The historic corridor designated by the commission
shall be known as the Route 66 Historic Corridor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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