BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                        S.B. 337

81R1926 SLB-D                                                                                                               By: Deuell

Transportation & Homeland Security

4/5/2009

As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

The City of Greenville has requested that the portion of Interstate Highway 30 that runs through the city be designated as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.  This action is supported by a resolution from the Greenville City Council.

As proposed, S.B. 337 designates a certain part of Interstate Highway 30 as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.  The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation to design and construct memorial markers to contain certain information and to erect the markers in certain locations.

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 225.079, as follows:

Sec. 225.079.  MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FREEWAY IN HUNT COUNTY.  (a)  Designates the part of Interstate Highway 30 in the corporate limits of the city of Greenville as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.

(b)  Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and construct memorial markers indicating the freeway number, the designation as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway, and any other appropriate information.  Requires TxDOT to erect a marker at each end of the freeway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the freeway.

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2009.