Bill Text: TX HB483 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of State Highway 356 in Irving as a historic highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB483 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB483-Comm_Sub.html

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88R3213 DIO-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 483

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of State Highway 356 in Irving as a
historic highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 442.034 to read as follows:
Sec. 442.034. STATE HIGHWAY 356 AS TEXAS HISTORIC HIGHWAY.
(a) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of
Transportation to designate, interpret, and market the portion of
State Highway 356 in the municipal limits of Irving as 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 a portion of State Highway 356 as a
Texas historic highway may not be construed as a designation under
the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section 300101 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, 2023.