BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	C.S.S.B. 83
86R16247 BEE�‑D	By: Hall
	Transportation
	3/7/2019
	Committee Report (Substituted)

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. (Original Author's/Sponsor's Statement of Intent)

C.S.S.B. 83 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of Farm‑to‑Market Road 1570 and Spur 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 following highways in Hunt County are designated as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway:

(1) the portion of Farm‑to‑Market Road 1570 between its intersection with State Highway 34 and State Highway 66; and

(2) Spur 1570 between its intersection with State Highway 66 and U.S. Highway 380.

(b) Requires the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas (DPS), subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to prohibiting DPS from designing or constructing a roadway marker without grant or funds to cover the cost of the marker) to:

(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 parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2019.