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By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 1501 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the commemoration of September 11, 2001, at public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.0821 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.0821. MINUTE OF SILENCE TO COMMEMORATE SEPTEMBER |
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11, 2001. (a) To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, in |
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each year that date falls on a regular school day, each public |
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elementary or secondary school shall provide for the observance of |
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one minute of silence at the beginning of the first class period of |
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that day. |
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(b) Immediately before the period of observance required by |
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this section, the class instructor shall make a statement of |
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reference to the memory of individuals who died on September 11, |
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2001. |
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(c) The period of observance required by this section may be |
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held in conjunction with the minute of silence required by Section |
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25.082. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |
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