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


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 456
77R13720 JAT-DBy: Brown, J.  E.  "Buster"
State Affairs
5/1/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Farm-to-Market Road 528 runs through Friendswood, Texas.
C.S.S.B. 456 designates this portion of FM 528 as the Ralph L. 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 L. LOWE PARKWAY.  Provides that Farm-to-Market Road
528 in the city of Friendswood is designated as the Ralph L. Lowe Parkway.
Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (department) to design and
construct memorial markers indicating the designation as the Ralph L. 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.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

Amends As Filed S.B. 456 as follows:

SECTION 1.  Replaces the text "between Interstate Highway 45 and Business
State Route 35-C is" with "in the city of Friendswood is."  Amends the
designation from "Ralph Lawrence Lowe" to "Ralph L.  Lowe." 

SECTION 2.  No changes in text.