By: Fallon  S.B. No. 1693
         (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
  April 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 662.071 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.071.  VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM DAY. (a)  November 7 is
  Victims of Communism Day in memory of the more than 100 million
  people who died and countless others who suffered under communist
  regimes. 
         (b)  Victims of Communism Day may be regularly observed by
  appropriate ceremonies and activities.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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