BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1099

By: Perry

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties call for the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Garza County as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald Memorial Highway to honor his service to the state. S.B. 1099 seeks to provide for that designation.

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

S.B. 1099 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Garza County as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald 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 Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald 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.