1-1     By:  Zbranek, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Staples)       H.B. No. 2334
 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 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 as the
 1-9     Big Thicket National Preserve Parkway.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 225.046 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 225.046.  BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE PARKWAY. (a)
1-14     U.S. Highway 69 between Interstate Highway 10 in Beaumont and Loop
1-15     287 in Lufkin is designated as the Big Thicket National Preserve
1-16     Parkway.
1-17           (b)  The department shall design and construct markers
1-18     indicating the designation as the Big Thicket National Preserve
1-19     Parkway and any other appropriate information.
1-20           (c)  The department shall erect a marker at each end of the
1-21     parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.
1-22           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
1-23     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-25     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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