BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.S.B. 2156

By: Buckingham

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to honor the service and legacy of the members of the decorated First Cavalry Division. C.S.S.B. 2156 seeks to provide this recognition by designating a portion of Interstate Highway 14 as the First Cavalry Division Veterans 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

C.S.S.B. 2156 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of Interstate Highway 14 in Bell County as the First Cavalry Division Veterans Highway. That designation is in addition to any other designation. 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 First Cavalry Division Veterans 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.

COMPARISON OF SENATE ENGROSSED AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.S.B. 2156 may differ from the engrossed in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the engrossed and committee substitute versions of the bill.

The substitute changes the name of the highway to be designated from the First Cavalry Veterans Highway to the First Cavalry Division Veterans Highway. The substitute specifies that such designation is in addition to any other designations.