BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2807

By: Rogers

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

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.

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

H.B. 2807 amends the Transportation Code to designate 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 as the Deputy Kenneth Maltby Memorial Highway, 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 Deputy Kenneth Maltby 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2021.