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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authorization to designate and the designation of a |
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portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Dallas County as the President |
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Barack Obama Freeway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 225.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] part of the |
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highway system, including a bridge or street, may be designated by |
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the name of a person only if the person is deceased and was |
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significant: |
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(1) in the state's history; or |
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(2) in the lives of the people of this state. |
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(d) A part of the highway system, including a bridge or |
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street, may be designated by the name of a current or former |
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president of the United States. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 225.0335 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 225.0335. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FREEWAY. (a) The |
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portion of Interstate Highway 20 located in Dallas County between |
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Mountain Creek Parkway and Dowdy Ferry Road is designated as the |
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President Barack Obama Freeway. The designation is in addition to |
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any other designation. |
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(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall |
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design and construct markers indicating the number, the designation |
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as the President Barack Obama Freeway, and any other appropriate |
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information. The department shall erect a marker at each end of the |
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freeway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the freeway. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |