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AN ACT
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relating to designating January as Human Trafficking Prevention |
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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 662.107 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.107. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. |
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(a) January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month to increase |
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awareness of human trafficking in an effort to encourage people to |
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alert authorities to any suspected incidents involving human |
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trafficking. |
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(b) Human Trafficking Prevention Month may be regularly |
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observed through appropriate activities in public schools and other |
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places to increase awareness and prevention of human trafficking. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2290 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2290 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |