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| 1 | 1 | 88R1232 RDS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 363 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the designation of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and Diwali | |
| 8 | 8 | as optional holidays. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) An "optional holiday" includes only: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Eid | |
| 14 | 14 | al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, or Good Friday fall; and | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) one day of the Diwali festival selected by the | |
| 16 | 16 | state employee observing the optional holiday [falls]. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |