BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 53
80R352 TAD-D By: Chavez (Shapleigh)
Transportation & Homeland Security
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, the section of Loop 375 between Zaragoza Avenue and Santa Fe Street in El Paso County is designated as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway, honoring the American labor leader, farm worker, and civil rights activist who founded the American Farm Workers Association, the predecessor organization to the United Farm Workers of America.
H.B. 53 extends the portion of Loop 375 designated as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway to include an additional section of highway beyond Zaragoza Avenue to Interstate Highway 10.
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 Section 225.051(a), Transportation Code, to provide that Loop 375 between Interstate Highway 10, rather than Zaragoza Avenue, and Santa Fe Street in El Paso County is designated as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway.
SECTION 2. Requires the Texas Department of Transportation to erect a marker at appropriate intermediate sites at each end of the Cesar Chavez Border Highway, as redesignated by this Act.
SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.