BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 1124
87R418 TSS-D	By: Perry
	Transportation
	3/29/2021
	As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

This bill will designate the portion of Business Interstate Highway 20-J in the city limits of Colorado City as the James G. "Jim" Baum Memorial Highway.

As proposed, S.B. 1124 amends current law relating to the designation of the portion of Business Interstate Highway 20-J in Colorado City as the James G. "Jim" Baum Memorial Highway.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by adding Section 225.190, as follows:

Sec. 225.190. JAMES G. "JIM" BAUM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of Business Interstate Highway 20-J in the municipal limits of Colorado City is designated as the James G. "Jim" Baum Memorial Highway.

(b) Requires that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to prohibiting TxDOT from designing, constructing, or erecting a marker unless a grant or donation of funds is made to TxDOT to cover the cost to:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the James G. "Jim" Baum Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2021. �