BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

C.S.H.B. 3986

By: Muņoz

Transportation

Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr. served with the Mission Police Department for
13 years before he was shot and killed while apprehending a subject on U.S. Highway 83 in Mission. C.S.H.B. 3986 designates a portion of U.S. Highway 83 in the municipal limits of Mission as Corporal Speedy Espericueta 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

 

C.S.H.B. 3986 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of U.S. Highway 83 in the municipal limits of Mission as the Corporal Speedy Espericueta 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 do the following:

·         design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Corporal Speedy Espericueta Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

·         erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

 

C.S.H.B. 3986 establishes the legislature's intent that the bill's provisions be renumbered to prevent multiple provisions with the same designation.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

September 1, 2025.

 

COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE

 

While C.S.H.B. 3986 may differ from the introduced in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

 

The substitute changes the name used in the designation from Corporal Jose Luis "Speedy" Espericueta Jr., as in the introduced, to Corporal Speedy Espericueta.