Bill Text: TX HB504 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating the second full week in September as Direct Support Professionals Week.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB504 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB504-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 504 |
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relating to designating the second full week in September as Direct | ||
Support Professionals Week. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 662.155 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 662.155. DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEEK. The | ||
second full week in September is Direct Support Professionals Week | ||
to honor the work of direct support professionals as an integral | ||
part of the long-term support system for individuals with physical | ||
and mental disabilities. | ||
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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 504 was passed by the House on April | ||
9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 504 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |