BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        H.B. 1544
                                       By: Hilderbran (Wentworth)
                                                    State Affairs
                                                          5-16-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, wish
to designate a stretch of highway that runs through Fredericksburg,
the hometown of Admiral Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific fleet,
as a memorial highway.

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1544 designates U.S. Highway 290 between Johnson
City and its intersection with Interstate Highway 10 as the Pearl
Harbor Memorial Highway.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Designates U.S. Highway 290 between Johnson City and its
intersection with Interstate Highway 10 between Mountain Home and
Segovia as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway.

SECTION 2. (a) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation
(department) to design and construct markers to be placed along
U.S. Highway 290 indicating its designation as the Pearl Harbor
Memorial Highway.

     (b) Requires the markers to include the highway number and any
     other information that the department determines is
     appropriate.
     
     (c) Requires markers to be erected at the end of each highway
     and at intermediate sites that the department determines are
     appropriate.
     
     (d) Provides that the department is responsible for repair and
     replacement of the markers and maintenance of the grounds
     surrounding each marker.
     
     (e) Authorizes the department to accept grants to assist in
     financing the construction and maintenance of the markers.
SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.