BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 414
88R2684 JAM-F	By: Paxton
	Transportation
	4/20/2023
	As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

This bill honors World War Two Army Air Corps veteran Mildred McMillan Garrett by renaming the SH 19 bridge crossing Lake Fork, north of Emory, Texas, in Rains County after her.

As proposed, S.B. 414 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.

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 225.216, as follows:

Sec. 225.216. MILDRED MCMILLAN GARRETT MEMORIAL BRIDGE. (a) Provides that the State Highway 19 bridge crossing Lake Fork Reservoir in Rains County is designated as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), subject to Section 225.021(c) (related to prohibiting TxDOT from designing, constructing, or erecting a marker unless a grant or donation of funds is made to cover the cost), to:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the bridge.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2023.