Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Rodríguez, et al. S.B. No. 928
2		-	(Pickett)
	1	+	S.B. No. 928
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the establishment of the Tom Lea Trail.
8	6		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	7		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
10	8		amended by adding Section 442.019 to read as follows:
11	9		Sec. 442.019. TOM LEA TRAIL. (a) The commission shall
12	10		develop a Tom Lea Trail program to commemorate the life and art of
13	11		Tom Lea.
14	12		(b) The program, at a minimum, shall include:
15	13		(1) designation of locations that are historically
16	14		significant to the life and art of Tom Lea;
17	15		(2) adoption of an icon, symbol, or other identifying
18	16		device to represent a designation under this section;
19	17		(3) the use of the icon, symbol, or other identifying
20	18		device in promoting tourism around this state by the commission and
21	19		at locations designated under this section; and
22	20		(4) the development of itineraries and maps to guide
23	21		tourists to locations designated under this section.
24	22		(c) The commission shall adopt:
25	23		(1) eligibility criteria for a designation under this
26	24		section; and
27	25		(2) procedures to administer the program created under
28	26		this section.
29	27		(d) A historic marker or sign relating to the life and art of
30	28		Tom Lea that is erected or maintained pursuant to the program
31	29		adopted under this section must be located not more than five miles
32	30		from a location designated under Subsection (b)(1).
33	31		(e) The commission may, as necessary, enter into a
34	32		memorandum of understanding with the Texas Economic Development and
35	33		Tourism Office and the Texas Department of Transportation to
36	34		implement this section.
37	35		(f) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
38	36		other donations from any source to implement this section. The
39	37		commission is not required to promote or market the Tom Lea Trail
40	38		unless the commission receives funds raised from private entities
41	39		for that purpose.
42	40		(g) The following segments of highway shall constitute the
43	41		Tom Lea Trail:
44	42		(1) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
45	43		the northern municipal boundary of El Paso to its intersection with
46	44		Interstate Highway 20;
47	45		(2) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
48	46		Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the western
49	47		municipal boundary of Sweetwater;
50	48		(3) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
51	49		the eastern municipal boundary of Sweetwater to its intersection
52	50		with U.S. Highway 277;
53	51		(4) U.S. Highway 277 from its intersection with
54	52		Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with State Highway 114 in
55	53		Seymour;
56	54		(5) State Highway 114 from its intersection with U.S.
57	55		Highway 277 in Seymour to its intersection with State Highway 199;
58	56		(6) State Highway 199 from its intersection with U.S.
59	57		Highway 281 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 30;
60	58		(7) Interstate Highway 30 from its intersection with
61	59		State Highway 199 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 35
62	60		East in Dallas;
63	61		(8) Interstate Highway 35 East from its intersection
64	62		with Interstate Highway 30 in Dallas to its intersection with State
65	63		Highway 6 outside of the southern municipal boundary of Waco;
66	64		(9) State Highway 6 from its intersection with
67	65		Interstate 35 East to its intersection with State Highway 30 in
68	66		College Station;
69	67		(10) State Highway 30 from its intersection with State
70	68		Highway 6 in College Station to its intersection with Interstate
71	69		Highway 45;
72	70		(11) Interstate Highway 45 from its intersection with
73	71		State Highway 30 to its terminus in Galveston;
74	72		(12) State Highway 21 from its intersection with State
75	73		Highway 6 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 290;
76	74		(13) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with State
77	75		Highway 21 to its intersection with the eastern municipal boundary
78	76		of Austin;
79	77		(14) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
80	78		western municipal boundary of Austin to its intersection with the
81	79		eastern municipal boundary of Fredericksburg;
82	80		(15) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
83	81		western municipal boundary of Fredericksburg to its intersection
84	82		with Interstate Highway 10;
85	83		(16) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
86	84		U.S. Highway 290:
87	85		(A) west to its intersection with U.S. Highway
88	86		385; and
89	87		(B) east to its intersection with Interstate
90	88		Highway 37;
91	89		(17) U.S. Highway 385 from its intersection with
92	90		Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the southern
93	91		municipal boundary of Odessa;
94	92		(18) Interstate Highway 37 from its intersection with
95	93		Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 77;
96	94		(19) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with
97	95		Interstate Highway 37 to its intersection with the northern
98	96		municipal boundary of Kingsville;
99	97		(20) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with the
100	98		southern municipal boundary of Kingsville to its intersection with
101	99		State Highway 285 in Riviera; and
102	100		(21) State Highway 285 from its intersection with U.S.
103	101		Highway 77 in Riviera to its intersection with the eastern
104	102		municipal boundary of Hebbronville.
105	103		(h) In this section, a reference to a municipal boundary
106	104		means that boundary as it exists on September 1, 2017.
107	105		(i) A designation of highway segments as the Tom Lea Trail
108	106		may not be construed as a designation under the National Historic
109	107		Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et seq.).
110	108		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	109	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	110	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	111	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 928 passed the Senate on
	112	+	May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
	113	+	______________________________
	114	+	Secretary of the Senate
	115	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 928 passed the House on
	116	+	May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
	117	+	present not voting.
	118	+	______________________________
	119	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	120	+	Approved:
	121	+	______________________________
	122	+	Date
	123	+	______________________________
	124	+	Governor