HBA-DMH C.S.H.B. 3433 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3433
By: Merritt
Transportation
4/30/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Some citizens who have made important contributions to the State of Texas
have been recognized by the state by having their names designated to
certain landmarks.  Charles K. Devall owned several Northeast Texas
newspapers, including the Kilgore News Herald, which he published from 1940
to 1979.  He also served as the president of the North & East Texas Press
Association in 1937.  Mr. Devall took part in the 33 year roadway
improvement project to bypass Gregg and Rusk counties called the Kilgore
relief route which is expected to be completed this year.  C.S.H.B. 3433
designates a portion of United States Highway 259 Relief Route as the
Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3433 amends the Transportation Code to designate a portion of
United States Highway 259 Relief Route from 4/10 mile south of the northern
Kilgore municipal boundary to 7/10 mile south of the southern Kilgore
municipal boundary as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway.  The bill
requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and
construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation
as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate
information. The bill requires TxDOT to erect a marker at each end of the
highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. In these
provisions, a reference to the Kilgore municipal boundary means that
boundary as it exists on January 1, 2001.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3433 differs from the original bill by designating a portion of
United States Highway 259 Relief Route as the Charles K. Devall Memorial
Highway, rather than the James M. Logan Memorial Highway.