Bill Text: TX HB1064 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating May 4 as Texas Firefighters Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-5)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1064 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1064-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1064 | ||
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| relating to designating May 4 as Texas Firefighters 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 662.071 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 662.071. TEXAS FIREFIGHTERS DAY. (a) May 4 is Texas | ||
| Firefighters Day in honor of the bravery, determination, and | ||
| service of Texas firefighters, many of whom are volunteers. | ||
| (b) Texas Firefighters Day may be regularly observed by | ||
| appropriate ceremonies and activities. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1064 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1064 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
