81R4444 SGA-D
 
  By: Williams S.B. No. 909
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to designating the first week of October as Monarch
  Butterfly Week.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 662.153 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.153.  MONARCH BUTTERFLY WEEK.  (a)  The first seven
  days of October is Monarch Butterfly Week to encourage Texas
  residents and visitors to study, observe, and promote the life of
  the state insect, the monarch butterfly.
         (b)  Through participation in the Texas Monarch Watch
  program sponsored by the Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas
  residents and visitors may help scientists answer research
  questions about monarch biology and migration.
         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, 2009.