BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3536
85R13583 BEE-D	By: Ashby (Schwertner)
	Transportation
	5/5/2017
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

Interested parties note that Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson of Centerville was killed while defending his platoon from enemy fire in Afghanistan and that he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for this gallant service. H.B. 3536 honors that service by designating a portion of Interstate 45 in Leon County as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson Memorial Highway.

 

H.B. 3536 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Leon County between mile marker 151 and mile marker 168 as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson Memorial Highway, in addition to any other designation. H.B. 3536 requires the Texas Department of Transportation, subject to a grant or donation of funds, to design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson 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.

 

H.B. 3536 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson 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 225.123, as follows:

 

Sec. 225.123. SERGEANT WADE DANIEL WILSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Leon County between mile marker 151 and mile marker 168 is designated as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson Memorial Highway and provides that the designation is in addition to any other designation.

 

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to prohibiting TxDOT from designing, constructing, or erecting a marker under this subchapter unless certain funds are available to TxDOT), to:

 

(1) design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information; and

 

(2) 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, 2017.