BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                        S.B. 170

79R448 JRJ-D                                                                                                                    By: Harris

                                                                                              Transportation and Homeland Security

2/8/2005

As Filed

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Currently, the portion of Interstate 20 that runs through Dallas and Tarrant counties has no name other than Interstate 20.  As proposed, S.B. 170 will rename that section of Interstate 20 as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway in honor of the late President Ronald Reagan.

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 Interstate 20 located in Dallas and Tarrant counties as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (department) to design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, and any other information.

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

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2005