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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

C.S.H.B. 3897

By: Turner

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Interested parties note the frequent construction and extension of roadways to account for population increases in counties throughout the state, such as Tarrant County. C.S.H.B. 3897 seeks to honor the growing diversity of these communities with a memorial parkway designation in honor of Rosa Parks.

 

 

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. 3897 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 360 in Tarrant County from the municipal limits of Mansfield to its intersection with East Sublett Road/West Camp Wisdom Road as the Rosa Parks Memorial 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 the Rosa Parks Memorial Parkway 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.

 

 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

 

While C.S.H.B. 3897 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.

 

SECTION 1.  Substantially the same as introduced version.

 

SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 225.124 to read as follows:

Sec. 225.124.  SENATOR CHRIS HARRIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.  (a)  The portion of State Highway 360 between its intersection with U.S. Highway 287 in Ellis County and the municipal limit of Mansfield is designated as the Senator Chris Harris Memorial Highway.

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

(1)  design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Senator Chris Harris 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.

 

No equivalent provision.

 

SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

 

SECTION 2. Same as introduced version.