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AN ACT
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relating to designating April as Child Safety Month. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.103 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.103. CHILD SAFETY MONTH. (a) April is Child |
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Safety Month in recognition of the children of this state as this |
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state's most precious resource. By establishing April as Child |
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Safety Month, this state seeks to ensure that the children of this |
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state grow up in a safe and supportive environment by promoting |
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their protection and care through increased public awareness of: |
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(1) ways to reduce accidental injury and death through |
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the use of bicycle helmets, seat belts, safety and booster seats, |
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and smoke alarms; and |
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(2) the dangers presented to children by unattended |
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and unlocked vehicles and by being left in closed vehicles during |
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hot or sunny weather. |
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(b) Child Safety Month may be regularly observed by |
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appropriate celebrations and activities in public schools and other |
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places to promote the protection and care of children in this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1045 was passed by the House on April |
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5, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1045 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |