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.
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             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.
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                                                 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.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor