Bill Text: TX HB2471 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating the week that includes the third Saturday in October as Veterinary Technician Week.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2471 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2471-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2471 | ||
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| relating to designating the week that includes the third Saturday | ||
| in October as Veterinary Technician Week. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 662.157 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 662.157. VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WEEK. The week that | ||
| includes the third Saturday in October is Veterinary Technician | ||
| Week in recognition of the critical role veterinary technicians | ||
| play in the day-to-day functions of veterinary practices and for | ||
| their vital role in preserving animal health and welfare. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2471 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2471 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
