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


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1348
78R9155 JRJ-DBy: Jackson
Infrastructure Development and Security
4/15/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law does not designate certain roads as a NASA Parkway.  C.S.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, C.S.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 NASA Road 1
from State Highway 146 to Interstate Highway 45 and the part of
Farm-to-Market Road 528 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.


SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

Differs from the original by reversing the road segments designated in the
original bill- the original contained F.M. 528 from Hwy 146 to IH-45 and
NASA Road 1 from IH-45 to Hwy 35.