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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to removing or renaming certain objects and structures |
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located in or near the Capitol. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 443.01527 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 443.01527. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN ITEMS FROM PUBLIC |
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DISPLAY. Not later than December 31, 2021, the board shall remove |
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the following items from public display: |
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(1) the portrait of Albert Sidney Johnson located in |
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the senate chamber; |
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(2) the cannons located on the south grounds of the |
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Capitol and near the south entrance to the Capitol building; |
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(3) the Confederate Soldiers' Monument located on the |
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south grounds of the Capitol; |
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(4) the portrait of Richard William "Dick" Dowling |
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located in the house chamber; |
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(5) Hood's Texas Brigade Monument located on the east |
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grounds of the Capitol; |
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(6) the portrait of Jefferson Davis located in the |
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senate chamber; and |
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(7) Terry's Texas Rangers Monument located on the |
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south grounds of the Capitol. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2165.251(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The space in the old State Board of Insurance State |
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Office Building, located on San Jacinto Street between 11th and |
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12th streets in Austin, the Sam Houston Building, and the |
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Jackson-Webber [John H. Reagan] Building are allocated to the |
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legislature and legislative agencies for their use. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The state office building located on the |
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south side of 15th Street between Congress Avenue and Colorado |
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Street in Austin, previously known as the John H. Reagan Building, |
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is renamed the Jackson-Webber Building in honor of Nathaniel |
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Jackson and John Webber. |
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(b) As soon as practicable following the effective date of |
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this Act, the Texas Facilities Commission shall implement the name |
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change made by Subsection (a) of this section. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |