SRC-SEW S.B. 456 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 456
77R1161 JAT-DBy: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
State Affairs
2/6/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Farm-to-Market Road 528 runs between Interstate Highway 45 and
Business State Route 35-C in Alvin, Texas.  As proposed, S.B. 456
designates this portion of FM 528 as the Ralph Lawrence Lowe Parkway. 

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: 

Sec. 225.044.  RALPH LAWRENCE LOWE PARKWAY.  Provides that Farm-to-Market
Road 528 between Interstate Highway 45 and Business State Route 35-C be
designated as the Ralph Lawrence Lowe Parkway.  Requires the Texas
Department of Transportation (department) to design and construct memorial
markers indicating the designation as the Ralph Lawrence Lowe Parkway and
any other appropriate information.  Requires the department to erect a
marker at each end of the parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites
along the parkway. 

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