BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 1838
86R19874 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. 1838 seeks to memorialize those sacrifices by designating a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.

 

H.B. 1838 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War 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 KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County between its intersection with Billy Daniel Street and its northern intersection with U.S. Highway 271 Business is designated as the Titus County Korean War 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 Korean War 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.