BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3780
86R2101 AAF-D	By: Burrows; Frullo (Perry)
	Transportation
	5/10/2019
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

H.B. 3780 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Farm-to-Market Road 41 in Lubbock County as the David Nelson 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 David Nelson 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. 3780 amends current law relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 41 in Lubbock County as the David Nelson 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. DAVID NELSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of Farm‑to‑Market Road 41 in Lubbock County is designated as the David Nelson 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 David Nelson 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: September 1, 2019.