BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 507
	By: Perry
	Transportation
	5/9/2023
	Enrolled

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

S.B. 507 will designate a section of Highway 87 as the Deputy Samuel Leonard Memorial Highway.

S.B. 507 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Concho County as the Deputy Samuel Leonard 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 225.217, as follows:

Sec. 225.217. DEPUTY SAMUEL LEONARD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that the portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Concho County between its intersection with the Tom Green County line and the western municipal limits of Eden is designated as the Deputy Samuel Leonard Memorial Highway.

(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 cost), to:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Samuel Leonard 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, 2023.