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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of certain highways as the |
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Ports-to-Plains Corridor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.069 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.069. PORTS-TO-PLAINS CORRIDOR. (a) The |
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following highways are designated as the Ports-to-Plains Corridor: |
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(1) Interstate Highway 35 from the Mexican border at |
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Laredo to its intersection with U.S. Highway 83; |
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(2) U.S. Highway 83 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 35 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 277 in |
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Carrizo Springs; |
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(3) U.S. Highway 277 from its intersection with U.S. |
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Highway 83 in Carrizo Springs to its intersection with U.S. Highway |
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87 in San Angelo; |
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(4) U.S. Highway 87 from its intersection with U.S. |
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Highway 277 in San Angelo to Sterling City and on to Lamesa; |
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(5) State Highway 158 from its intersection with U.S. |
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Highway 87 near Sterling City to its intersection with Interstate |
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Highway 20 in Midland; |
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(6) Interstate Highway 20 from its intersection with |
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State Highway 158 in Midland to its intersection with State Highway |
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349 in Midland; |
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(7) State Highway 349 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 20 in Midland to Lamesa; |
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(8) U.S. Highway 87 from Lamesa to its intersection |
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with Interstate Highway 27 in Lubbock; |
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(9) Interstate Highway 27 from its intersection with |
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U.S. Highway 87 in Lubbock to its intersection with U.S. Highway 287 |
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in Amarillo; and |
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(10) U.S. Highway 287 from its intersection with |
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Interstate Highway 27 in Amarillo to the Oklahoma state border. |
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(b) The department shall design and construct identifying |
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markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the |
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Ports-to-Plains Corridor, and any other appropriate information. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department |
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shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate |
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intermediate sites along the highway. |
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(d) The department is not required to design, construct, or |
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erect a marker required by this section unless a grant or donation |
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is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, |
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construction, and erection of the marker. |
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(e) Money collected under Section 225.021 for the purpose of |
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implementing this section shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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state highway fund. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 850 passed the Senate on |
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March 28, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 850 passed the House on |
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May 17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |