SRC-SEW, MKV S.B. 183 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 183
By: Fraser
State Affairs
5/28/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The State of Texas has not yet commemorated the role the state played in
America's victory in the Cold War.  S.B. 183 designates Farm-to-Market Road
604 as the Atlas ICBM Highway to commemorate the contributions made to the
Cold War by the Convair Atlas International Ballistic Missiles and the men
and women who built and operated them.  This bill also sets for the
responsibilities of the Texas Department of Transportation in respect to
marking the highway. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 225B, Transportation Code, by adding Section
225.044, as follows: 

            Section 225.044.  ATLAS ICBM HIGHWAY.  (a) Provides that
Farm-to-Market Road 604 from State Highway 351 in Shackelford County to
U.S. Highway 83 in Taylor County is designated as the Atlas ICBM Highway. 

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (department) to design
and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the
Atlas ICBM Highway, and any other appropriate information. 

(c) Requires the department to erect a marker at each end of the highway
and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.