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By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 318



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to creating a recognition day in remembrance of the Texian 
Navy.   
	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.  TEXIAN NAVY DAY.  (a)  The third Saturday in 
September of each year is Texian Navy Day in remembrance of the 
Texian Navy.
	(b)  Texian Navy Day shall be regularly observed by 
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
	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, 2005.