BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1821

By: Cole

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to honor the life and service of Richard Overton. C.S.H.B. 1821 seeks to provide this recognition by designating a portion of State Loop 111 as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway. 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1821 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County between its northern intersection with Levander Loop and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 969 as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway in addition to any other designation. The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation, subject to a grant or donation of funds, to design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information and to erect a marker at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.H.B. 1821 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

The substitute changes the portion of State Loop 111 receiving the designation.