88R5859 RDS-D
 
  By: Meza H.B. No. 1821
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of Diwali and Dashain as optional
  holidays.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  An "optional holiday" includes only:
               (1)  the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or
  Good Friday fall;
               (2)  one day of the Diwali festival selected by the
  state employee observing the optional holiday; and
               (3)  one day of the Dashain festival selected by the
  state employee observing the optional holiday [falls].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.