Bill Text: TX SB1522 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to designating the fourth Saturday in July as National Day of the Cowboy.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective immediately [SB1522 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1522-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Estes S.B. No. 1522
(Pickett)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating the fourth Saturday in July as National Day
of the Cowboy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 662.061 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.061. NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY. (a) The fourth
Saturday in July of each year is National Day of the Cowboy in
recognition of the historic, cultural, and social contributions of
the cowboy.
(b) National Day of the Cowboy shall be regularly observed
by appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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.