HBA-ALS H.B. 2819 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2819
By: Hunter
Transportation
7/13/1999
Enrolled


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Sam Waldrop was appointed to the State Highway and Public Transportation
Commission in 1978 and served as the chairman of the commission from 1979
to 1983. The purpose of this bill is to pay tribute to Mr. Waldrop's
service to the state by renaming an interchange in his honor. 

H.B. 2819 designates an interchange located in Abilene, Texas, as the "Sam
Waldrop Highway Interchange." 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, by adding
Section 225.041, as follows: 

Sec. 225.041. SAM WALDROP HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE. (a) Designates the
interchange of U.S. Highway 83, U.S.  Highway 84, and Loop 322 in Abilene
as the Sam Waldrop Highway Interchange.  

(b) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (department) to design
and construct memorial markers indicating the interchange number, the
designation as the Sam Waldrop Interchange, and other appropriate
information.  

(c) Requires the department to erect a marker at each end of the
interchange and at appropriate intermediate sites along the interchange. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.