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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

C.S.H.B. 3809

By: Burns

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Interested parties suggest that more should be done to honor the life of Deputy Clifton Taylor. C.S.H.B. 3809 seeks to address this issue by designating a portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County as the Deputy Clifton Taylor 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

 

C.S.H.B. 3809 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County between its intersection with U.S. Highway 67 and East Hidden Creek Parkway as the Deputy Clifton Taylor 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 Deputy Clifton Taylor 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

 

September 1, 2017.

 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

 

While C.S.H.B. 3809 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted 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 225.123 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.123.  CLIFTON TAYLOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County is designated as the Clifton Taylor Memorial Highway.

 

 

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

(1)  design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Clifton Taylor 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 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.123 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.123.  DEPUTY CLIFTON TAYLOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County between its intersection with U.S. Highway 67 and East Hidden Creek Parkway is designated as the Deputy Clifton Taylor Memorial Highway.

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

(1)  design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Clifton Taylor 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

 

SECTION 2. Same as introduced version.