BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 1837
86R10889 JAM-D	By: Hefner (Hughes)
	Transportation
	4/26/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Interested parties contend that the sacrifices made by military veterans in their service to the United States deserve additional recognition.  H.B. 1837 seeks to memorialize those sacrifices by designating a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.

H.B. 1837 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.

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.� TITUS COUNTY WORLD WAR II VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2348 and the eastern municipal boundary of Mount Pleasant is designated as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.

(b)� Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), 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 design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information and erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

SECTION 2.� Effective date: September 1, 2019.