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By:  Burnam                                                       H.B. No. 331



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to creating a recognition day in honor of aviation 
maintenance technicians.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 662.051 to read as follows:
	Sec. 662.051.  AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN DAY.  (a)  
May 24 is Aviation Maintenance Technician Day in memory of Charles 
Edward Taylor, the aviation maintenance technician who built and 
maintained the engine that powered Orville and Wilbur Wright's 
first flying machine.
	(b)  Aviation Maintenance Technician Day shall be regularly 
observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities to commemorate 
the birthday of Charles Edward Taylor and to recognize the vital 
contributions of Charles Edward Taylor and other American aviation 
maintenance technicians to the field of aviation.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.