H.B. No. 3616
AN ACT
relating to designating October as Persons with Disabilities
History and Awareness Month.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 662.109 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.109. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HISTORY AND
AWARENESS MONTH. (a) October is Persons with Disabilities History
and Awareness Month to:
(1) increase public awareness of the many achievements
of people with disabilities;
(2) encourage public understanding of the disability
rights movement; and
(3) reaffirm the local, state, and federal commitment
to providing equality and inclusion for people with disabilities.
(b) Persons with Disabilities History and Awareness Month
shall be regularly observed by appropriate celebration and
activities to promote respect for and better treatment of people
with disabilities in this state.
(c) Each public school may:
(1) elect to observe Persons with Disabilities History
and Awareness Month; and
(2) determine the appropriate activities by which the
school observes Persons with Disabilities History and Awareness
Month.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3616 was passed by the House on May 3,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3616 on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1,
3 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3616 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor