BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2809

By: Middleton

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to honor the life and service of Deputy Sheriff Shane Detwiler. H.B. 2809 seeks to provide this recognition by designating a portion of State Highway 99 as the Deputy Sheriff Shane Detwiler 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. 2809 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 99 in Chambers County between its intersection with Interstate Highway 10 and the Harris County line as the Deputy Sheriff Shane Detwiler 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 Deputy Sheriff Shane Detwiler 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.