BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 83
86R2784 BEE-D	By: Hall
	Transportation
	3/4/2019
	As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Hunt County requested that we file a bill to name a portion of FM Road 1570 as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway. This bill would designate FM 1570 between State Highway 34 and U.S. Highway 380 as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway. 

As proposed, S.B. 83 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of Farm‑to‑Market Road 1570 in Hunt County as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway.

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. JOHN L. HORN MEMORIAL PARKWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1570 in Hunt County between its intersection with State Highway 34 and U.S. Highway 380 is designated as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway.

(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 costs) to:

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(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway 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.