88R2012 RDS-F
 
  By: J. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 51
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.006(f)(2), Election Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (2)  "State holiday" means a state holiday under
  Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (5) [(6)], Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 662.003(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A state holiday includes only the following days:
               (1)  [the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes
  Day," in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other
  Confederate heroes;
               [(2)] the second day of March, "Texas Independence
  Day";
               (2) [(3)]  the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
               (3) [(4)]  the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in
  Texas," in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;
               (4) [(5)]  the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines
  Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines
  Johnson;
               (5) [(6)]  the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
               (6) [(7)]  the 24th day of December; and
               (7) [(8)]  the 26th day of December.
         SECTION 3.  Section 662.021, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 662.021.  DATES OF HOLIDAYS. A legal holiday includes
  only the following days:
               (1)  a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and
               (2)  a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1)
  through (5) [(6)].
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.