Bill Text: TX HB1242 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to replacing "Confederate Heroes Day" with "Civil War Remembrance Day" as a state holiday.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Left pending in committee [HB1242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1242-Introduced.html
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By: Howard | H.B. No. 1242 |
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relating to replacing "Confederate Heroes Day" with "Civil War | ||
Remembrance Day" as a state holiday. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A state holiday includes only the following days: | ||
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(3) the second Monday in May, "Civil War Remembrance | ||
Day," in honor of the men and women who served during the Civil War; | ||
(4) the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas," | ||
in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865; | ||
(5) the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson | ||
Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson; | ||
(6) the Friday after Thanksgiving Day; | ||
(7) the 24th day of December; and | ||
(8) the 26th day of December. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |