BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1732

By: Birdwell

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties suggest that more should be done to honor the life of Deputy Clifton Taylor. S.B. 1732 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

S.B. 1732 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.