By: Neave Criado, Bell of Kaufman, Bowers H.B. No. 975
(Senate Sponsor - Johnson)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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EckhardtX
HancockX
KingX
MilesX
ParkerX
PerryX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway
635 in Mesquite as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 225.217 to read as follows:
Sec. 225.217. OFFICER RICHARD HOUSTON II MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 635 in the municipal limits
of Mesquite is designated as the Officer Richard Houston II
Memorial Highway.
(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:
(1) design and construct markers indicating the
designation as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway and
any other appropriate information; and
(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at
appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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