Amend SECTION 9 of HB 2997 to add proposed Section 662.050.
      Sec. 622.050.  STATE OF TEXAS ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE DAY
(STAR DAY).  (a)  February 19 is State of Texas Anniversary
Remembrance Day (STAR Day) in honor of Texas joining the Union and
the day that James Pinckney Henderson became the first governor of
the State of Texas in 1846.
      (b)  State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance Day (STAR Day)
shall be regularly observed by appropriate and patriotic programs
in the public schools and other places to properly commemorate the
annexation of this state and to inspire a greater appreciation for
the history of this state.