BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 310
86R16247 BEE-D	By: Flynn (Hall)
	Transportation
	5/13/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Hunt County passed a resolution and requested a bill to name a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1570 as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway. H.B. 310 would designate FM 1570 between its intersection with State Highway 34 and State Highway 66, and Spur 1570 between its intersection with State Highway 66 and U.S. Highway 380, as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway.

H.B. 310 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1570 and Spur 1570 in Hunt County as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by adding Section 225.152, as follows:

Sec. 225.152. JOHN L. HORN MEMORIAL PARKWAY. (a) Provides that the following highways in Hunt County are designated as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway:

(1) the portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1570 between its intersection with State Highway 34 and State Highway 66; and

(2) Spur 1570 between its intersection with State Highway 66 and U.S. Highway 380.

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation, subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to prohibiting TxDOT from designing, constructing, or erecting a marker unless a grant or donation of funds is made to cover the cost), to:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2019.