88R1232 RDS-D
 
  By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 363
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and Diwali
  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, Eid
  al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, or Good Friday fall; and
               (2)  one day of the Diwali festival selected by the
  state employee observing the optional holiday [falls].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.