BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 1404 By: Harris Transportation Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE From December 2023 to April 2024, County Road 1250 in Navarro County was closed on several different occasions due to water surpassing the low water crossing. Due to the frequent closures, frustrated drivers often removed barricades and warning signs which, coupled with the road's failing concrete slabs, only increased the danger of the road. Unfortunately, county officials do not have sufficient resources or the funds to adequately maintain or monitor the road, which often serves as a detour when accidents on nearby Interstate 45 force drivers to alter their commutes. This increase in traffic could prove dangerous should the road face further closures or problems. C.S.H.B. 1404 seeks to allow the Texas Department of Transportation to assume the responsibility of the road and its maintenance by transferring the entirety of the road to the state highway system. 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. 1404 requires the Texas Transportation Commission to designate County Road 1250 in Navarro County as part of the state highway system. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025. COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE While C.S.H.B. 1404 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 road in Navarro County required to be designated as part of the state highway system by the Texas Transportation Commission from Farm-to-Market Road 3383, as in the introduced, to County Road 1250.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1404
By: Harris
Transportation
Committee Report (Substituted)
C.S.H.B. 1404
By: Harris
Transportation
Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE From December 2023 to April 2024, County Road 1250 in Navarro County was closed on several different occasions due to water surpassing the low water crossing. Due to the frequent closures, frustrated drivers often removed barricades and warning signs which, coupled with the road's failing concrete slabs, only increased the danger of the road. Unfortunately, county officials do not have sufficient resources or the funds to adequately maintain or monitor the road, which often serves as a detour when accidents on nearby Interstate 45 force drivers to alter their commutes. This increase in traffic could prove dangerous should the road face further closures or problems. C.S.H.B. 1404 seeks to allow the Texas Department of Transportation to assume the responsibility of the road and its maintenance by transferring the entirety of the road to the state highway system.
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. 1404 requires the Texas Transportation Commission to designate County Road 1250 in Navarro County as part of the state highway system.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.
COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE While C.S.H.B. 1404 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 road in Navarro County required to be designated as part of the state highway system by the Texas Transportation Commission from Farm-to-Market Road 3383, as in the introduced, to County Road 1250.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
From December 2023 to April 2024, County Road 1250 in Navarro County was closed on several different occasions due to water surpassing the low water crossing. Due to the frequent closures, frustrated drivers often removed barricades and warning signs which, coupled with the road's failing concrete slabs, only increased the danger of the road. Unfortunately, county officials do not have sufficient resources or the funds to adequately maintain or monitor the road, which often serves as a detour when accidents on nearby Interstate 45 force drivers to alter their commutes. This increase in traffic could prove dangerous should the road face further closures or problems. C.S.H.B. 1404 seeks to allow the Texas Department of Transportation to assume the responsibility of the road and its maintenance by transferring the entirety of the road to the state highway system.
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. 1404 requires the Texas Transportation Commission to designate County Road 1250 in Navarro County as part of the state highway system.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.
COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1404 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 road in Navarro County required to be designated as part of the state highway system by the Texas Transportation Commission from Farm-to-Market Road 3383, as in the introduced, to County Road 1250.