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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to replacing "Cesar Chavez Day" with "Texas Hispanic |
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Heritage Day" as an optional state holiday. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 662.013, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.013. OPTIONAL HOLIDAY FOR TEXAS HISPANIC HERITAGE |
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[CESAR CHAVEZ] DAY. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 662.013(a), (b), and (c), Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The 16th [31st] day of September [March] shall be |
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designated "Texas Hispanic Heritage ["Cesar Chavez] Day" in |
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observance of the battle for independence from Spain in Mexico, |
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including the area now known as Texas [the birthday of Cesar
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Chavez]. |
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(b) The administrative head of a state agency may allow an |
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employee of the agency to have a day off with pay on Texas Hispanic |
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Heritage [Cesar Chavez] Day in lieu of any other state holiday that |
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occurs on a weekday, other than a weekday on which an election is |
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held throughout the state, on which the state agency is required to |
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be open but on which the operations of the agency are required to be |
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maintained at only a minimum level. |
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(c) On Texas Hispanic Heritage [Cesar Chavez] Day, each |
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state agency shall remain open and conduct the operations of the |
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agency at a minimum level. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |