BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                       H.B. 540

                                                                                                                           By: Bohac (Lindsay)

Transportation & Homeland Security

4/20/2005

Engrossed

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

H.B. 540 names a portion of United States Highway 290 inside Harris County as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.  

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 Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by adding Section 225.059, as follows:

Sec. 225.059.  RONALD REAGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Designates the part of U.S. Highway 290 located in Harris County as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.

(b)  Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and construct memorial makers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate 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 TxDOT is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless TxDOT receives a grant or donation to cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection.

(e)  Requires funds collected under Section 225.021 (General Provisions) for the purposes of implementing this section to be deposited to the credit of the highway state highway fund.   

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2005.