Tex. Gov't Code § 662.003 · Subchapter A. HOLIDAYS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES
DATES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF HOLIDAYS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A national holiday includes only the following days:
(1) the first day of January, "New Year's Day";
(2) the third Monday in January, "Martin Luther King, Jr., Day" in observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
(3) the third Monday in February, "Presidents' Day";
(4) the last Monday in May, "Memorial Day";
(5) the fourth day of July, "Independence Day";
(6) the first Monday in September, "Labor Day";
(7) the 11th day of November, "Veterans Day," dedicated to the cause of world peace and to honoring the veterans of all wars in which Texans and other Americans have fought;
(8) the fourth Thursday in November, "Thanksgiving Day"; and
(9) the 25th day of December, "Christmas Day."
(b) A state holiday includes only the following days:
(1) the 19th day of January, "Confederate Heroes Day," in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate heroes;
(2) the second day of March, "Texas Independence Day";
(3) the 21st day of April, "San Jacinto Day";
(4) the 19th day of June, "Emancipation Day in Texas," in honor of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865;
(5) the 27th day of August, "Lyndon Baines Johnson Day," in observance of the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson;
(6) the Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
(7) the 24th day of December; and
(8) the 26th day of December.
(c) An "optional holiday" includes only the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or Good Friday falls.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 662.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.0031BUSINESS DAYS.Printed as Section 662.003(a) | Section 662.003(b) | Section 662.003(c)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 659.301DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 662.003
- Tex. Gov't Code § 661.031DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 662.003(a) | Section 662.003(b)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 661.061DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 662.003(a) | Section 662.003(b)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 662.021DATES OF HOLIDAYS.Printed as Section 662.003(a) | Sections 662.003(b)(1)
Labor Code
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