TITLE: Relating to designating June as Gun Violence Awareness Month.

SUMMARY: Relating to designating June as Gun Violence Awareness Month.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to designating June as Gun Violence 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 662.111 to read as follows: Sec. 662.111. GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. (a) June is Gun Violence Awareness Month to increase awareness of gun violence and encourage community residents and leaders to discuss and implement methods for reducing or preventing gun violence in order to make communities safer and healthier, especially during the summer months when gun violence is typically heightened. (b) Gun Violence Awareness Month may be regularly observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase awareness and prevention of gun violence. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.