Bill Text: TX HB194 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Gold Star Mothers.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB194 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB194-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 194 | ||
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| relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Gold Star | ||
| Mothers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 662.061 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 662.061. GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY. (a) The last Sunday | ||
| in September of each year is Gold Star Mother's Day in recognition | ||
| of mothers whose sons and daughters died while serving in the United | ||
| States armed forces. | ||
| (b) Gold Star Mother's Day shall be regularly observed by | ||
| appropriate ceremonies. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 194 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 194 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
