BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2351

By: VanDeaver

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to honor the life and career of Nick S. Lingo. H.B. 2351 seeks to provide this recognition by designating a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 196 as the Nick S. Lingo 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

H.B. 2351 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Farm-to-Market Road 196 in Lamar County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 195 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1502 as the Nick S. Lingo 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 Nick S. Lingo 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, 2019.