BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2590

By: Burrows

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

A constituent suggested renaming FM 40 to honor The Maines Brothers Band. H.B. 2590 designates the portion of FM 40 in Lubbock County between its intersection with County Road 3300 and its intersection with County Road 3800 as The Maines Brothers Band 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. 2590 amends the Transportation Code to designate the portion of FM 40 in Lubbock County between its intersection with County Road 3300 and its intersection with County Road 3800 as The Maines Brothers Band 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 Maines Brothers Band 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, 2023.