H.B. No. 294




AN ACT

relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month.                         
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 662.102 to read as follows:
	Sec. 662.102.  TEXAS HISTORY MONTH. (a) March is Texas 
History Month in honor of those Texans who helped shape the history 
of the State of Texas and in recognition of events throughout Texas' 
history.
	(b)  Texas History Month shall be regularly observed by 
appropriate celebrations and activities in public schools and other 
places to promote interest in and knowledge of Texas history.
	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, 2003. 




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the House on March 
17, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the Senate on May 
22, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor