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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to designating the 11th day of each month as Buddy Check  | 
         
         
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            Day. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended by adding Section 662.083 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 662.083.  BUDDY CHECK DAY.  (a)  The 11th day of each  | 
         
         
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            month is Buddy Check Day to encourage veterans to contact other  | 
         
         
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            veterans, including those with whom they served, who may need  | 
         
         
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            assistance. | 
         
         
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                   (b)  Buddy Check Day may be regularly observed by appropriate  | 
         
         
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            programs and activities coordinated by the Texas Veterans  | 
         
         
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            Commission to promote assistance and other services available to  | 
         
         
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            veterans and promote education and awareness of issues facing  | 
         
         
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            veterans. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |