1-1     By:  Chavez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)      H.B. No. 1996
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the designation of a segment of Loop 375 in El Paso
 1-9     County as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
1-12     is amended by adding Section 225.046 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 225.046.  CESAR CHAVEZ BORDER HIGHWAY. (a)  Loop 375
1-14     between Zaragoza Avenue and Santa Fe Street in El Paso County is
1-15     designated as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway.
1-16           (b)  The department shall design and construct markers
1-17     indicating the highway number, the designation as the Cesar Chavez
1-18     Border Highway, and any other appropriate information.
1-19           (c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the
1-20     highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-25     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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