BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3536

By: Ashby

Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

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 seeks to honor that service by designating a portion of Interstate 45 in Leon County as the Sergeant Wade Daniel Wilson Memorial Highway.

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.

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

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. The bill 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.