BILL ANALYSIS |
H.B. 663 |
By: King, Ken |
Transportation |
Committee Report (Unamended) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Appreciative citizens note that William Hamblen was an early twentieth-century resident of Palo Duro Canyon who helped to facilitate county business by enlisting the help of neighbors to construct a crude road in the form of a wagon trail that later became known as "Hamblen Drive" and eventually became part of State Highway 207. H.B. 663 seeks to name a portion of State Highway 207 in memory of William Hamblen.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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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.
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ANALYSIS
H.B. 663 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 207 in Armstrong County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2272 and Farm-to-Market Road 285 as the Hamblen Memorial Highway. 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 the Hamblen Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information and to erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.
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