By: RodrÃguez, et al. S.B. No. 928
(Pickett)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of the Tom Lea 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 442.019 to read as follows:
Sec. 442.019. TOM LEA TRAIL. (a) The commission shall
develop a Tom Lea Trail program to commemorate the life and art of
Tom Lea.
(b) The program, at a minimum, shall include:
(1) designation of locations that are historically
significant to the life and art of Tom Lea;
(2) adoption of an icon, symbol, or other identifying
device to represent a designation under this section;
(3) the use of the icon, symbol, or other identifying
device in promoting tourism around this state by the commission and
at locations designated under this section; and
(4) the development of itineraries and maps to guide
tourists to locations designated under this section.
(c) The commission shall adopt:
(1) eligibility criteria for a designation under this
section; and
(2) procedures to administer the program created under
this section.
(d) A historic marker or sign relating to the life and art of
Tom Lea that is erected or maintained pursuant to the program
adopted under this section must be located not more than five miles
from a location designated under Subsection (b)(1).
(e) The commission may, as necessary, enter into a
memorandum of understanding with the Texas Economic Development and
Tourism Office and the Texas Department of Transportation to
implement this section.
(f) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
other donations from any source to implement this section. The
commission is not required to promote or market the Tom Lea Trail
unless the commission receives funds raised from private entities
for that purpose.
(g) The following segments of highway shall constitute the
Tom Lea Trail:
(1) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
the northern municipal boundary of El Paso to its intersection with
Interstate Highway 20;
(2) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the western
municipal boundary of Sweetwater;
(3) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with
the eastern municipal boundary of Sweetwater to its intersection
with U.S. Highway 277;
(4) U.S. Highway 277 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with State Highway 114 in
Seymour;
(5) State Highway 114 from its intersection with U.S.
Highway 277 in Seymour to its intersection with State Highway 199;
(6) State Highway 199 from its intersection with U.S.
Highway 281 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 30;
(7) Interstate Highway 30 from its intersection with
State Highway 199 to its intersection with Interstate Highway 35
East in Dallas;
(8) Interstate Highway 35 East from its intersection
with Interstate Highway 30 in Dallas to its intersection with State
Highway 6 outside of the southern municipal boundary of Waco;
(9) State Highway 6 from its intersection with
Interstate 35 East to its intersection with State Highway 30 in
College Station;
(10) State Highway 30 from its intersection with State
Highway 6 in College Station to its intersection with Interstate
Highway 45;
(11) Interstate Highway 45 from its intersection with
State Highway 30 to its terminus in Galveston;
(12) State Highway 21 from its intersection with State
Highway 6 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 290;
(13) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with State
Highway 21 to its intersection with the eastern municipal boundary
of Austin;
(14) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
western municipal boundary of Austin to its intersection with the
eastern municipal boundary of Fredericksburg;
(15) U.S. Highway 290 from its intersection with the
western municipal boundary of Fredericksburg to its intersection
with Interstate Highway 10;
(16) Interstate Highway 10 from its intersection with
U.S. Highway 290:
(A) west to its intersection with U.S. Highway
385; and
(B) east to its intersection with Interstate
Highway 37;
(17) U.S. Highway 385 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with the southern
municipal boundary of Odessa;
(18) Interstate Highway 37 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 10 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 77;
(19) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with
Interstate Highway 37 to its intersection with the northern
municipal boundary of Kingsville;
(20) U.S. Highway 77 from its intersection with the
southern municipal boundary of Kingsville to its intersection with
State Highway 285 in Riviera; and
(21) State Highway 285 from its intersection with U.S.
Highway 77 in Riviera to its intersection with the eastern
municipal boundary of Hebbronville.
(h) In this section, a reference to a municipal boundary
means that boundary as it exists on September 1, 2017.
(i) A designation of highway segments as the Tom Lea Trail
may not be construed as a designation under the National Historic
Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et seq.).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.