Bill Text: TX HB2499 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB2499 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2499-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2499 |
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relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 662.085 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 662.085. SPECIAL FORCES DAY. (a) June 28 is Special | ||
Forces Day in honor of the men and women who have served in the | ||
special operations forces of the United States armed forces. | ||
(b) Special Forces Day shall be regularly observed by | ||
appropriate ceremonies. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2499 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2499 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |