AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

U.S. Highway 175 in Kaufman County stretches southeast from Seagoville through the cities of Crandall and Kaufman all the way down to Mabank. Interested parties report that U.S. Highway 175 is significant to many veterans in Kaufman County because the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post is located on the highway inside the city of Kaufman. Recently, the residents of Kaufman County approved a resolution supporting the designation of the highway as the Veterans Memorial Highway.

 

H.B. 1458 seeks to recognize the significance of U.S. Highway 175 to the residents of Kaufman County and its veterans by designating a portion of the highway as the Veterans Memorial Highway.

 

H.B. 1458 amends current law relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 175 in Kaufman County as the Veterans 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 225.095, as follows:

 

Sec. 225.095.  VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.  (a)  Designates the portion of U.S. Highway 175 in Kaufman County as the Veterans Memorial Highway.

 

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to providing that TxDOT is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this subchapter unless certain conditions are met), to design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Veterans Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information and 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, 2013.