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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to designating August as American Indian Scouts Month. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.106 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.106. AMERICAN INDIAN SCOUTS MONTH. (a) August is |
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American Indian Scouts Month to recognize as Texas heroes the |
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Native American scouts who served with the United States Army |
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during the frontier era of the middle to late 1800s and celebrate |
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the contributions of those individuals as marking a meaningful |
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chapter in the saga of this nation. |
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(b) American Indian Scouts Month shall be regularly |
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observed by appropriate celebrations and activities. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |