BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

C.S.H.B. 2356

By: White

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Sam Rayburn was a Texas lawmaker who served the longest tenure in history as the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. C.S.H.B. 2356 will publicly honor former Speaker Sam Rayburn by designating a portion of Recreational Road 255 in Jasper County as Sam Rayburn Parkway.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

 

ANALYSIS

 

C.S.H.B. 2356 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Recreational Road 255 between State Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 96 in Jasper County as Sam Rayburn Parkway. The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation, subject to a grant or donation of funds, to design and construct markers indicating the designation as Sam Rayburn Parkway and any other appropriate information and to erect a marker at each end of the road and appropriate intermediate sites along the road.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

September 1, 2013.

 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

 

While C.S.H.B. 2356 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

 

INTRODUCED

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.092 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.092.  SAM RAYBURN PARKWAY.  (a)  The portion of Recreational Road 255 between State Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 96 in Jasper County is designated as Sam Rayburn Parkway.

(b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1)  design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as Sam Rayburn Parkway, and any other appropriate information; and

(2)  erect a marker at each end of the road and at appropriate intermediate sites along the road.

SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.092 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.092.  SAM RAYBURN PARKWAY.  (a)  The portion of Recreational Road 255 between State Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 96 in Jasper County is designated as Sam Rayburn Parkway.

(b)  Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1)  design and construct markers indicating the designation as Sam Rayburn Parkway and any other appropriate information; and

 

(2)  erect a marker at each end of the road and at appropriate intermediate sites along the road.

 

SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

 

SECTION 2. Same as introduced version.