H.B. No. 194
AN ACT
relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Gold Star
Mothers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 662.061 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.061. GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY. (a) The last Sunday
in September of each year is Gold Star Mother's Day in recognition
of mothers whose sons and daughters died while serving in the United
States armed forces.
(b) Gold Star Mother's Day shall be regularly observed by
appropriate ceremonies.
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, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 194 was passed by the House on April
9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 194 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor