HBA-ALS S.B. 74 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 74 By: Truan Transportation 4/15/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to honor civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers and recipient of the 1994 Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Mexican Aguila Azteca award, by renaming a Corpus Christi highway in his name. H.B.1096 designates State Highway 44 from Corpus Christi to Robstown as "Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway." 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 B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by adding Section 225.041, as follows: Sec. 225.041. CESAR CHAVEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. Designates State Highway 44 from the city limits of Corpus Christi to the city limits of Robstown as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway. Requires the Department of Transportation (department) to design and construct memorial markers containing specified information. Requires the department to erect markers at specified locations along the highway. SECTION 2.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.