84R7123 TSR-F
By: Howard H.B. No. 1242
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to replacing "Confederate Heroes Day" with "Civil War
Remembrance Day" as a state holiday.
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";
(2) [(3)] the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
(3) the second Monday in May, "Civil War Remembrance
Day," in honor of the men and women who served during the Civil War;
(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; and
(8) the 26th day of December.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.