Bill Text: TX HB82 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB82 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB82-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Minjarez, Miller, Wilson, Ramos, et al. | H.B. No. 82 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 82: | |||
| By: Flynn | C.S.H.B. No. 82 | ||
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| relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation 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. MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY. (a) May 8 | ||
| is Military Spouse Appreciation Day to recognize the role of the | ||
| husbands and wives of the brave individuals who serve in the United | ||
| States armed forces or state military forces. This day | ||
| commemorates: | ||
| (1) the sacrifices military spouses make during the | ||
| weeks, months, and years a loved one is away from home protecting | ||
| our freedom; and | ||
| (2) the vital support military spouses provide to | ||
| veterans returning home from military service. | ||
| (b) Military Spouse Appreciation Day shall be regularly | ||
| observed by appropriate programs and activities coordinated by the | ||
| Texas Veterans Commission. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
