| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 975 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway |
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| 6 | 6 | | 635 in Mesquite as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 225, Transportation Code, |
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| 9 | 9 | | is amended by adding Section 225.217 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 225.217. OFFICER RICHARD HOUSTON II MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) The portion of Interstate Highway 635 in the municipal limits |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Mesquite is designated as the Officer Richard Houston II |
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| 13 | 13 | | Memorial Highway. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) design and construct markers indicating the |
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| 16 | 16 | | designation as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway and |
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| 17 | 17 | | any other appropriate information; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at |
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| 19 | 19 | | appropriate intermediate sites along the highway. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 21 | 21 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 23 | 23 | | I certify that H.B. No. 975 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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| 25 | 25 | | voting. |
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| 26 | 26 | | ______________________________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 28 | 28 | | I certify that H.B. No. 975 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 29 | 29 | | 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 30 | 30 | | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 32 | 32 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 33 | 33 | | Date |
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| 34 | 34 | | _____________________ |
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| 35 | 35 | | Governor |
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