HBA-MPA H.B. 3002 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3002
By: Seaman
Transportation
4/4/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Melvin O. Littleton supervised ferry activities between Port Aransas and
Aransas Pass.  Littleton began managing the ferries in 1951 when Nueces
County purchased the operation from a private enterprise and continued its
management when the State of Texas took over in 1968.  He retired in
January 1982 after serving as marine superintendent and head of ferry
operations for 30 years.  Mr. Littleton passed away in 1994, and the
community of Port Aransas has requested that Mr. Littleton be honored for
his service to the community by naming the ferry landing in his honor.
H.B. 3002 designates the ferry landings at Port Aransas and Aransas Pass to
be the Melvin O. Littleton Ferry Landings, requires the Texas Department of
Transportation to design, construct and maintain markers, and authorizes
the agency to accept grants and donations to do so. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 342, Transportation Code, by
adding Section 342.002, as follows: 

Sec. 342.002.  MELVIN O. LITTLETON FERRY LANDINGS.  (a) Provides that the
ferry landings owned by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in
Port Aransas and Aransas Pass are each designated as a Melvin O. Littleton
Ferry Landing, in recognition of his outstanding supervision of the ferry
for 30 years. 

(b) Requires TxDOT to design and construct memorial markers at the ferry
landings indicating the designation. 

(c) Requires TxDOT to repair and replace each marker required by this
section and maintain the grounds of the marker. 

(d) Authorizes TxDOT to accept a grant or donation to assist in financing
the construction and maintenance of a marker. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.