TWT H.B. 1299 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


TRANSPORTATION
H.B. 1299
By: Davis
3-23-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently purchased land in southwest
Dallas for use as a national cemetery.  The parcel of land on which the
new cemetery will be located partially abuts the Dallas Baptist University
Campus and is between Mountain Creek Lake and Spur 408.  The Texas
National Cemetery Foundation, Inc. is requesting that Spur 408 be renamed
"Patriot Parkway."  The City of Dallas has issued a resolution concurring
with the Texas National Cemetery Foundation.  Legislative approval is
required to rename Spur 408. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1299 designates a portion of Spur 408 in Dallas County
as Patriot Parkway to commemorate the achievements of veterans buried at
the national cemetery in Dallas County. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Section 1 grants TXDOT the authority to determine the appropriate sites
for placing memorial markers along Spur 408, designated by H.B. 1299 as
Patriot Parkway. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.   Amends Chapter 225, Subchapter B of the Transportation Code
by adding Section 225.034. Sec. 225.034 designates Spur 408 in Dallas
County from Interstate Highway 20 to Loop 12 as Patriot Parkway, in order
to commemorate the achievements of veterans buried at the national
cemetery in Dallas County.  It also sets forth the duties of  TXDOT with
respect to designing and erecting memorial markers on Patriot Parkway. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective upon passage.