H.B. No. 67 




AN ACT

relating to designating August 26 as Women's Independence 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 662.051 to read as follows:
	Sec. 662.051.  WOMEN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY.  (a) August 26 is 
Women's Independence Day to commemorate the ratification in 1920 of 
the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which 
guaranteed women the right to vote.
	(b)  Women's Independence Day shall be regularly observed by 
appropriate programs in the public schools and other places to 
inspire a greater appreciation of the importance of women's 
suffrage.
	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, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 67 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 67 was passed by the Senate on April 
28, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor