BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 2571
86R13295 JRR-D	By: Toth; Metcalf (Creighton)
	Transportation
	5/8/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

There have been calls to honor the life and service of George P. Mitchell. H.B. 2571 seeks to provide this recognition by designating a portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway.

H.B. 2571 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County between its intersection with State Highway 242 and the Montgomery‑Harris county line as the George P. Mitchell 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 George P. Mitchell 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.

H.B. 2571 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County as the George P. Mitchell 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. GEORGE P. MITCHELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County between its intersection with State Highway 242 and the Montgomery-Harris county line is designated as the George P. Mitchell 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:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

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

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2019.