By: Lucio, Campbell, Perry  S.B. No. 460
         (In the Senate - Filed January 26, 2021; March 9, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border
  Security; April 1, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 1, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to designating the 11th day of each month as Buddy Check
  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 662.083 to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.083.  BUDDY CHECK DAY. (a) The 11th day of each
  month is Buddy Check Day to encourage veterans to contact other
  veterans, including those with whom they served, who may need
  assistance.
         (b)  Buddy Check Day may be regularly observed by appropriate
  programs and activities coordinated by the Texas Veterans
  Commission to promote assistance and other services available to
  veterans and promote education and awareness of issues facing
  veterans.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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