| 1 | 1 | | By: Farias (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 419 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Administration; May 6, 2013, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 6, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to designating the first Friday in November as Texas Arbor |
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| 11 | 11 | | Day. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 662.056 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 662.056. TEXAS ARBOR DAY. (a) The first Friday in |
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| 16 | 16 | | November of each year is Texas Arbor Day to encourage the planting |
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| 17 | 17 | | and cultivation of forest, shade, and ornamental trees throughout |
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| 18 | 18 | | the state. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Texas Arbor Day shall be regularly observed by |
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| 20 | 20 | | appropriate ceremonies and activities. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 26 | 26 | | * * * * * |
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