BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 365 85R3732 AAF-D By: Kolkhorst Transportation 2/24/2017 As Filed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT On December 6, 2000, Sgt. David M. Furrh was killed in the line of duty while serving a narcotics search warrant. A twenty-two year veteran of law enforcement, early in his career, Sgt. Furrh was hired as the first ever full-time police officer in the history of the City of Moulton. S.B. 365 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 95 in Lavaca County from the northern municipal limits of Shiner to the southern municipal limits of Moulton as the Sergeant David M. Furrh Memorial Highway. As proposed, S.B. 365 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 95 in Lavaca County as the Sergeant David M. Furrh 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 225.123, as follows: Sec. 225.123. SERGEANT DAVID M. FURRH MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that a certain portion of State Highway 95 in Lavaca County is designated as the Sergeant David M. Furrh Memorial Highway. (b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to funding the design, construction, or erection of a marker), to design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Sergeant David M. Furrh Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information and erect a marker at each end of and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2017.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 365
85R3732 AAF-D By: Kolkhorst
Transportation
2/24/2017
As Filed
Senate Research Center
S.B. 365
85R3732 AAF-D
By: Kolkhorst
Transportation
2/24/2017
As Filed
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
On December 6, 2000, Sgt. David M. Furrh was killed in the line of duty while serving a narcotics search warrant. A twenty-two year veteran of law enforcement, early in his career, Sgt. Furrh was hired as the first ever full-time police officer in the history of the City of Moulton.
S.B. 365 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 95 in Lavaca County from the northern municipal limits of Shiner to the southern municipal limits of Moulton as the Sergeant David M. Furrh Memorial Highway.
As proposed, S.B. 365 amends current law relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 95 in Lavaca County as the Sergeant David M. Furrh 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 225.123, as follows:
Sec. 225.123. SERGEANT DAVID M. FURRH MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Provides that a certain portion of State Highway 95 in Lavaca County is designated as the Sergeant David M. Furrh Memorial Highway.
(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), subject to Section 225.021(c) (relating to funding the design, construction, or erection of a marker), to design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Sergeant David M. Furrh Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information and erect a marker at each end of and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2017.