HB 1257 Summary

• Designates State Highway 81 from the Kansas border to the Texas border as the "Historic Chisholm Trail Bike Route"

• Requires signage costs to be funded entirely from private sources, including initial installation and future maintenance or replacement

• Mandates placement of permanent markers on the highway contingent upon receipt of adequate private funding and establishment of a shoulder lane

• Authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide a shoulder lane designated for bicycle traffic, subject to available funds

• Effective date: November 1, 2013