Bill Text: TX SB941 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB941 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB941-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 941 | ||
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| relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 391, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 391.256 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 391.256. SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM. (a) The department | ||
| shall plan, design, and establish a program for designating | ||
| highways as State Scenic Byways. | ||
| (b) The program must include a process by which the | ||
| department: | ||
| (1) receives proposals from political subdivisions or | ||
| other community groups approved by the department for funding | ||
| projects in accordance with 23 U.S.C. Section 162; | ||
| (2) applies for grants under 23 U.S.C. Section 162 for | ||
| the projects; and | ||
| (3) allows an applicant who consents to pay for the | ||
| costs of the projects that are not covered by grants made under 23 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 162. | ||
| (c) A highway must be designated as a State Scenic Byway | ||
| under the program established by this section before the department | ||
| applies for a grant under Subsection (b)(2) for a project related to | ||
| the highway. | ||
| (d) The department may use money from the state highway fund | ||
| for a project that receives a grant made under 23 U.S.C. Section 162 | ||
| only for the purpose of satisfying matching funds requirements for | ||
| the grant. | ||
| (e) The department may only designate a highway described by | ||
| Section 391.252 as a State Scenic Byway. | ||
| (f) The commission by rule shall prohibit outdoor | ||
| advertising in a manner consistent with 23 U.S.C. Section 131(s) on | ||
| a State Scenic Byway designated under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation shall establish the program required | ||
| by Section 391.256, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, and | ||
| the Texas Transportation Commission shall adopt rules as necessary | ||
| to implement that section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 941 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 941 passed the House on | ||
| May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 113, Nays 30, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
