HBA-MPA C.S.H.B. 3002 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3002
By: Seaman
Transportation
4/18/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Melvin O. Littleton supervised ferry activities between Port Aransas and
Aransas Pass.  Littleton began managing the ferries in 1951 when Nueces
County purchased the operation from a private enterprise and continued its
management when the State of Texas took over in 1968.  He retired in
January 1982 after serving as marine superintendent and head of ferry
operations for 30 years.  Mr. Littleton passed away in 1994, and the
community of Port Aransas has requested that Mr. Littleton be honored for
his service to the community by naming the ferry landing in his honor.
C.S.H.B. 3002 designates the ferry landing at Port Aransas to be the Melvin
O. Littleton Ferry Landing, requires the Texas Department of Transportation
to design, construct and maintain markers, and authorizes the agency to
accept grants and donations to do so. 

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 A, Chapter 342, Transportation Code, by
adding Section 342.002, as follows: 

Sec. 342.002.  MELVIN O. LITTLETON FERRY LANDINGS.  (a) Provides that the
ferry landing owned by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in
Port Aransas is designated as the Melvin O. Littleton Ferry Landing, in
recognition of his outstanding supervision of the ferry for 30 years. 

(b) Requires TxDOT to design and construct a memorial markers at the Port
Aransas ferry landing. 

(c) Requires TxDOT to repair and replace the marker required by this
section and maintain the grounds of the marker. 

(d) Authorizes TxDOT to accept a grant or donation to assist in financing
the construction and maintenance of a marker. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3002 differs from the original bill in SECTION 1 (proposed Section
342.002(b), Transportation Code) by requiring TxDOT to construct a marker
only at the Port Aransas ferry landing, rather than at both the Port
Aransas and the Aransas Pass landings.