89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 1471
Relating to the designation of Diwali and Dashain as optional holidays.
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89R5192 GP-D By: Meza H.B. No. 1471 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation of Diwali and Dashain as optional holidays. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) An "optional holiday" includes only: (1) the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or Good Friday fall; (2) one day of the Diwali festival selected by the