Bill Text: TX HB66 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain election days as state holidays.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to State Affairs [HB66 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB66-Introduced.html
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By: Fierro | H.B. No. 66 |
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relating to the designation of certain election days as state | ||
holidays. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. 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"; | ||
(3) the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day"; | ||
(4) the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas," | ||
in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865; | ||
(5) the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson | ||
Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson; | ||
(6) the Friday after Thanksgiving Day; | ||
(7) the 24th day of December; [ |
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(8) the 26th day of December; and | ||
(9) every day on which an election, including a | ||
primary election, is held throughout the state. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 (6) and Section 662.003(b)(9). | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |