TITLE: Relating to designating April as Water Safety Awareness Month.

SUMMARY: Relating to designating April as Water Safety Awareness Month.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to designating April as Water Safety Awareness Month. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 662.107 to read as follows: Sec. 662.107. WATER SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. (a) April is Water Safety Awareness Month to increase awareness of water-related injuries in an effort to reduce the number of drowning and near-drowning incidents involving children. (b) Water Safety Awareness Month may be regularly observed through appropriate activities in public schools and other places to increase awareness of water safety. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.