SRC-MSY S.B. 1348 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1348
78R3865 JRJ-DBy: Jackson
Infrastructure Development and Security
3/20/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law does not designate certain roads as a NASA Parkway.  As
proposed, S.B. 1348 designates certain segments of Farm-to-Market Road 528
and NASA Road 1as the NASA Parkway, and requires the Texas Department of
Transportation to design, construct, and erect markers indicating relevant
information along the parkway.  In addition, S.B. 1348 provides that the
designation of the NASA Parkway does not affect the designation of part of
Farm-to-Market Road 528 as the Ralph I. 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
225.057, as follows: 

Sec.  225.057.  NASA PARKWAY.  (a)  Designates the part of Farm-to-Market
Road 528 from State Highway 146 to Interstate Highway 45 and the part of
NASA Road 1 from Interstate Highway 45 to State Highway 35 as the NASA
Parkway. 

(b)  Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and
construct markers indicating certain relevant information. 

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

(d)  Provides that this section does not affect the designation of part of
Farm-to-Market Road 528 as the Ralph I. Lowe Parkway under this
subchapter. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.