Bill Text: TX HB4994 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creation of hike and bike corridors and authorizing acquisition of right-of-way.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Transportation [HB4994 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4994-Introduced.html
| By: Troxclair | H.B. No. 4994 | |
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| relating to creation of hike and bike corridors and authorizing | ||
| acquisition of right-of-way. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 224, Subtitle B, Title 6, Transportation | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Subchapter G to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER G. HIKE AND BIKE CORRIDORS | ||
| Sec. 202.115. ESTABLISHMENT. The commission may acquire | ||
| real property or an interest in real property or purchase an option | ||
| to acquire real property for possible use in or in connection with | ||
| the establishment of hike and bike corridors. | ||
| Sec. 202.116 FUNDING. The commission may use federal | ||
| funds, appropriated funds, local funds, or private funds to | ||
| construct hike and bike corridors. | ||
| Sec. 202.116 CORRIDORS. (a) HILL COUNTRY HIKE AND BIKE | ||
| TRAIL. The commission may utilize powers granted by this | ||
| subchapter or other chapters to plan and construct a hike and bike | ||
| corridor along U.S. 290 in Blanco and Gillespie counties. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
