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House Bill 2719 |
House Author: Ashby |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini et al. |
House Bill 2719 amends the Government Code to set out and revise provisions relating to certain of the Texas Historical Commission's powers over historic sites in Texas. The bill authorizes the commission to purchase real property for inclusion in the historic sites system and establishes that all real property in Texas that is significant to state history that the commission administers or acquires for public use is considered to be under the commission's jurisdiction. Among other provisions, the bill does the following:
· provides for the commission to establish, manage, and operate gift and souvenir retail establishments and provide retail services to support and promote state historic sites and related commission goals;
· establishes the Texas Historical Commission Retail Operations Fund as a special fund outside the state treasury that serves as a fund to be held and administered by the comptroller as directed by the commission to provide support for the retail operations; and
· increases to $10 million the cap on the amount of a grant from the historic courthouse preservation fund for a historic courthouse project, applicable only if that cap is greater than two percent of the amount appropriated for implementing the historic courthouse preservation program during the given state fiscal biennium.