BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 2304

By: Price

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to honor the life and career of Martha Pattillo Siv. C.S.H.B. 2304 seeks to provide this recognition by designating a portion of U.S. Highway 60 as the Martha Pattillo Siv Memorial Parkway.

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

C.S.H.B. 2304 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of U.S. Highway 60 between the mile marker closest to a point two miles east of the highway's intersection with Business Interstate Highway 40 and the mile marker closest to the eastern boundary of Carson County as the Martha Pattillo Siv Memorial Parkway. 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 Martha Pattillo Siv Memorial Parkway and any other appropriate information and to erect a marker at each end of the parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.H.B. 2304 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

The substitute changes the designation name from the Martha Pattillo Siv Parkway to the Martha Pattillo Siv Memorial Parkway and changes the portion of U.S. Highway 60 receiving the designation.