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AN ACT
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relating to designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness 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 662.111 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.111. SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. (a) April is |
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month to increase awareness and prevention |
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of sexual assault. |
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(b) Sexual Assault Awareness 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 sexual assault. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 822 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 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. 822 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, 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 |