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                                                                  H.B. No. 219




AN ACT

relating to the display of the United States national motto in 
public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher 
education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Section 1.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.004.  DISPLAY OF NATIONAL MOTTO.  A public elementary 
or secondary school or an institution of higher education as 
defined by Section 61.003 may display the United States national 
motto, "In God We Trust," in each classroom, auditorium, and 
cafeteria.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1.004, Education Code, as added by this 
Act, applies beginning with the 2003-2004 school year.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2003.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 219 was passed by the House on April 
24, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 219 was passed by the Senate on May 
27, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor