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.