BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 2678 By: Bonnen Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There have been calls to honor Galveston County native Sergeant Andrew Creighton for his selfless service to the country with a memorial highway designation. H.B. 2678 seeks to recognize this service by designating the portion of State Highway 3 in Dickinson, Texas as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton 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. 2678 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 3 in the municipal limits of Dickinson as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton Memorial Highway. 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 Sergeant Andrew James Creighton 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.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 2678
By: Bonnen
Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 2678
By: Bonnen
Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There have been calls to honor Galveston County native Sergeant Andrew Creighton for his selfless service to the country with a memorial highway designation. H.B. 2678 seeks to recognize this service by designating the portion of State Highway 3 in Dickinson, Texas as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton 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. 2678 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 3 in the municipal limits of Dickinson as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton Memorial Highway. 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 Sergeant Andrew James Creighton 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.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
There have been calls to honor Galveston County native Sergeant Andrew Creighton for his selfless service to the country with a memorial highway designation. H.B. 2678 seeks to recognize this service by designating the portion of State Highway 3 in Dickinson, Texas as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton 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. 2678 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of State Highway 3 in the municipal limits of Dickinson as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton Memorial Highway. 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 Sergeant Andrew James Creighton 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.