88R4483 MZM-D By: Neave Criado, Bell of Kaufman, Bowers H.B. No. 975 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.