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AN ACT
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relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.080 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.080. VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM DAY. (a) November 7 is |
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Victims of Communism Day in memory of the more than 100 million |
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people who died and countless others who suffered under communist |
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regimes. |
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(b) Victims of Communism Day may be regularly observed by |
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appropriate ceremonies and activities. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1057 was passed by the House on April |
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15, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1057 was passed by the Senate on May |
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13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |