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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to designating the first week of October as Monarch |
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Butterfly Week. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.153 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.153. MONARCH BUTTERFLY WEEK. (a) The first seven |
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days of October are Monarch Butterfly Week to encourage Texas |
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residents and visitors to study, observe, and promote the life of |
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the state insect, the monarch butterfly. |
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(b) Through participation in the Texas Monarch Watch |
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program sponsored by the Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas |
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residents and visitors may help scientists answer research |
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questions about monarch biology and migration. |
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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. |