By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 723
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to creating a state holiday honoring Cesar Chavez.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 (b) A state holiday includes only the following days:
1-7 (1) the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes Day,"
1-8 in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate
1-9 heroes;
1-10 (2) the second day of March, "Texas Independence Day";
1-11 (3) the 31st day of March, "Cesar Chavez Day," in
1-12 observance of the birthday of Cesar Chavez;
1-13 (4) the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
1-14 (5) [(4)] the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in
1-15 Texas," in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in
1-16 1865;
1-17 (6) [(5)] the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines
1-18 Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines
1-19 Johnson;
1-20 (7) [(6)] every day on which an election is held
1-21 throughout the state;
1-22 (8) [(7)] the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
1-23 (9) [(8)] the 24th day of December; and
1-24 (10) [(9)] the 26th day of December.
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to
2-2 read as follows:
2-3 Sec. 662.021. DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes
2-4 only the following days:
2-5 (1) a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and
2-6 (2) a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)
2-7 through (7) [(6)].
2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-14 passage, and it is so enacted.