By: Montford S.B. No. 1352 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the construction of a memorial statue on the Capitol 1-2 grounds to honor Texas pioneer women. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by 1-5 adding Section 443.0141 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 443.0141. TEXAS PIONEER WOMEN'S MEMORIAL STATUE. 1-7 (a) The Board shall provide for the construction on the Capitol 1-8 grounds of a memorial statue to honor Texas pioneer women of every 1-9 race, color, creed, and national origin who served Texas in 1-10 capacities such as wife, mother, homemaker, educator, historian, 1-11 artist, preservationist, businesswoman, landowner, political 1-12 activist, and civic leader. 1-13 (b) The board shall invite the Daughters of the Republic of 1-14 Texas, Inc., District VIII, to establish an advisory committee to 1-15 advise the board on all matters relating to the construction, 1-16 dedication, and maintenance of the statue, including: 1-17 (1) site selection; 1-18 (2) fund-raising from private sources; 1-19 (3) establishing a schedule for the design, 1-20 construction, and dedication of the statue; 1-21 (4) procedures for soliciting designs for the statue; 1-22 (5) selecting the final design of the statue; 1-23 (6) procedures for selecting a contractor to construct 2-1 the statue; 2-2 (7) selecting the contractor to construct the statue; 2-3 and 2-4 (8) reviewing and monitoring the design and 2-5 construction process. 2-6 (c) Money and securities donated to the board for the statue 2-7 shall be credited to an account in the Capitol fund established for 2-8 the statue. Disbursements from the account may be made only for 2-9 purposes related to the statue, including design, construction, 2-10 dedication, and maintenance. 2-11 (d) The design of the statue must be compatible in scale, 2-12 proportion, materials, and feeling with the early monuments erected 2-13 on the Capitol grounds. 2-14 (e) The board shall invite the Daughters of the the Republic 2-15 of Texas, Inc., District VIII, to conduct the dedication ceremonies 2-16 for the statue under guidelines established by the board. The 2-17 secretary of state shall publish the date of the dedication 2-18 ceremonies in the Texas Register at least 30 days before the date 2-19 of the ceremonies. The board shall timely inform the secretary of 2-20 the date. 2-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-2 passage, and it is so enacted.