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