87R5628 MWC-D
 
  By: Rose, Reynolds H.B. No. 3481
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to designating December 1 as Rosa Parks 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 662.084 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.084.  ROSA PARKS DAY. (a) December 1 is Rosa Parks
  Day in honor of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks for her courageous act of
  refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to
  protest segregation which helped launch the civil rights movement
  in the United States. 
         (b)  Rosa Parks Day may be regularly observed by appropriate
  programs and activities. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.