BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 2807
87R8955 MP-D	By: Rogers (Perry)
	Transportation
	5/12/2021
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

Deputy Kenneth Maltby died in the line of duty on Farm-to-Market Road 570 in Eastland County after a long and successful career with the Eastland County Sheriff's Office. There have been calls to honor Deputy Maltby's career with a memorial highway designation in his name. H.B. 2807 seeks to designate a portion of that road in Eastland County as the Deputy Kenneth Maltby Memorial Highway.

 

H.B. 2807 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 570 in Eastland County as the Deputy Kenneth Maltby 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 225.190, as follows:

 

Sec. 225.190. DEPUTY KENNETH MALTBY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.� (a) Provides that the portion of Farm-to-Market Road 570 in Eastland County between its intersection with Interstate Highway 20 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2214 is designated as the Deputy Kenneth Maltby Memorial Highway. Provides that the designation is in addition to any other designation.

 

(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:

 

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Kenneth Maltby 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, 2021.