1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 as the 1-3 Big Thicket National Preserve Parkway. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 225.046 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 225.046. BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE PARKWAY. (a) 1-8 U.S. Highway 69 between Interstate Highway 10 in Beaumont and Loop 1-9 287 in Lufkin is designated as the Big Thicket National Preserve 1-10 Parkway. 1-11 (b) The department shall design and construct markers 1-12 indicating the designation as the Big Thicket National Preserve 1-13 Parkway and any other appropriate information. 1-14 (c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the 1-15 parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a 1-17 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2334 was passed by the House on May 5, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2334 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor