1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the administration of county roads in Panola County.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Chapter 117, Acts of the 50th Legislature,

 1-5     Regular Session, 1947, is repealed.

 1-6           SECTION 2.  Section 252.101(a), Transportation Code, is

 1-7     amended to read as follows:

 1-8           (a)  This subchapter does not apply to Angelina, Aransas,

 1-9     Blanco, Bowie, Calhoun, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Comal, Dallas, Delta,

1-10     DeWitt, Fayette, Franklin, Galveston, Gillespie, Grayson, Gregg,

1-11     Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Jack, Jackson,

1-12     Jasper, Lamar, Lavaca, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Montgomery,

1-13     Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, [Panola,] Parker, Rains, Red River,

1-14     Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tarrant, Titus,

1-15     Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Washington, or

1-16     Wood County.

1-17           SECTION 3.  Section 252.201(a), Transportation Code, is

1-18     amended to read as follows:

1-19           (a)  This subchapter does not apply to Angelina, Aransas,

1-20     Blanco, Bowie, Calhoun, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Comal, Dallas, Delta,

1-21     DeWitt, Fayette, Franklin, Galveston, Gillespie, Grayson, Gregg,

1-22     Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Jack, Jackson,

1-23     Jasper, Lamar, Lavaca, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Montgomery,

1-24     Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, [Panola,] Parker, Rains, Red River,

 2-1     Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tarrant, Titus,

 2-2     Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Washington, or

 2-3     Wood County.

 2-4           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 2-5           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 2964 was passed by the House on April

         18, 1997, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in

         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2964 on May 15, 1997, and requested

         the appointment of a conference committee to consider the

         differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the

         conference committee report on H.B. No. 2964 on May 29, 1997, by a

         non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 2964 was passed by the Senate, with

         amendments, on May 13, 1997, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of

         the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider

         the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted

         the conference committee report on H.B. No. 2964 on May 30, 1997,

         by a viva-voce vote.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor