C.S.H.B. 1049 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


C.S.H.B. 1049
By: Davis, John
Transportation
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 1049 78(R)    Over the past several years, the municipalities along
NASA Road 1/FM528 from SH 146 west to SH35, have worked to establish a
scenic district that stretches along this thoroughfare.  The
municipalities within whose boundaries this roadway travels have adopted
resolutions and ordinances creating scenic districts that address uniform
lighting, landscaping and signage.  Those scenic thoroughfares provide a
more desirable climate for tourism, trade, and residential development.
Additionally, and not least important, the renaming of NASA Road 1/FM528
to the NASA Parkway would recognize the important contribution of Johnson
Space Center to the American Space Program.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the Transportation Code by designating the road
stretching from SH146 to I-H 45 and the part of FM 528 from I-H 45 to
State Highway 35 as the NASA Parkway.   TxDOT shall design and construct
road markers and the new designation will not affect the designation of
part of this road as the Ralph I. Lowe Parkway.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2003. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute differs from the original in that the substitute reads NASA
Rd 1 from SH 146 to I-45 in lines 7 and 8 in Section 1 of the bill.
Section 1 additionally differs in lines 9 and 10 by reading FM 528 from
I45 to SH 35 instead of NASA Rd 1 from I-45 to SH 35.