S.B. 1714 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


S.B. 1714
By: Wentworth
Transportation
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Texas law allows a portion of a state highway to be named in
honor of an individual, a group, or an event.  The Second Infantry
Division was organized in France and is the only Army division ever
commanded by a Marine general.  This division served with honor in World
War I, World War II, and the Korean War.  The Second Infantry Division was
stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, from 1922 until 1942, when it
was moved to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, prior to being deployed to Europe for
the invasion of France on D-Day plus one.  Each week, one of the three
combat teams of the Second Division would hike along what is now Military
Highway to Camp Bullis for field training, and hike back to Fort Sam
Houston on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.   As proposed, S.B. 1714
designates Farm-to-Market Road 1535 between Fort Sam Houston and Camp
Bullis as the Second Indian Head Division Memorial Highway. 

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

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 225B, Transportation Code, by adding Section
225.0276, as follows: 

Sec. 225.0276.  SECOND INDIAN HEAD DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)
Designates Farm-to-Market Road 1535 between Fort Sam Houston and Camp
Bullis as the Second Indian Head Division Memorial Highway. 

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

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

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Upon passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2003.