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.