Bill Text: TX HB1501 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the commemoration of September 11, 2001, at public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1501 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1501-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1501 |
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relating to the commemoration of September 11, 2001, at public | ||
schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 25.0821 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 25.0821. MINUTE OF SILENCE TO COMMEMORATE SEPTEMBER | ||
11, 2001. (a) To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, in | ||
each year that date falls on a regular school day, each public | ||
elementary or secondary school shall provide for the observance of | ||
one minute of silence at the beginning of the first class period of | ||
that day. | ||
(b) Immediately before the period of observance required by | ||
this section, the class instructor shall make a statement of | ||
reference to the memory of individuals who died on September 11, | ||
2001. | ||
(c) The period of observance required by this section may be | ||
held in conjunction with the minute of silence required by Section | ||
25.082. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
academic year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1501 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1501 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |