1-1 By: Montford S.B. No. 1352
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 7, 1993; April 13, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
1-4 April 14, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
1-5 Nays 0; April 14, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Haley x
1-9 Moncrief x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Montford x
1-12 Shapiro x
1-13 Truan x
1-14 Turner x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to the construction of a memorial statue on the Capitol
1-18 grounds to honor Texas pioneer women.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
1-21 adding Section 443.0141 to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 443.0141. TEXAS PIONEER WOMEN'S MEMORIAL STATUE.
1-23 (a) The board shall provide for the construction on the Capitol
1-24 grounds of a memorial statue to honor Texas pioneer women of every
1-25 race, color, creed, and national origin who served Texas in
1-26 capacities such as wife, mother, homemaker, educator, historian,
1-27 artist, preservationist, businesswoman, landowner, political
1-28 activist, and civic leader.
1-29 (b) The board shall invite the Daughters of the Republic of
1-30 Texas, Inc., District VIII, to establish an advisory committee to
1-31 advise the board on all matters relating to the construction,
1-32 dedication, and maintenance of the statue, including:
1-33 (1) site selection;
1-34 (2) fund-raising from private sources;
1-35 (3) establishing a schedule for the design,
1-36 construction, and dedication of the statue;
1-37 (4) procedures for soliciting designs for the statue;
1-38 (5) selecting the final design of the statue;
1-39 (6) procedures for selecting a contractor to construct
1-40 the statue;
1-41 (7) selecting the contractor to construct the statue;
1-42 and
1-43 (8) reviewing and monitoring the design and
1-44 construction process.
1-45 (c) Money and securities donated to the board for the statue
1-46 shall be credited to an account in the Capitol fund established for
1-47 the statue. Disbursements from the account may be made only for
1-48 purposes related to the statue, including design, construction,
1-49 dedication, and maintenance.
1-50 (d) The design of the statue must be compatible in scale,
1-51 proportion, materials, and feeling with the early monuments erected
1-52 on the Capitol grounds.
1-53 (e) The board shall invite the Daughters of the Republic of
1-54 Texas, Inc., District VIII, to conduct the dedication ceremonies
1-55 for the statue under guidelines established by the board. The
1-56 secretary of state shall publish the date of the dedication
1-57 ceremonies in the Texas Register at least 30 days before the date
1-58 of the ceremonies. The board shall timely inform the secretary of
1-59 the date.
1-60 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-61 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-62 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-63 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-64 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-65 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-66 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-67 * * * * *
1-68 Austin,
2-1 Texas
2-2 April 13, 1993
2-3 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-4 President of the Senate
2-5 Sir:
2-6 We, your Committee on Administration to which was referred S.B.
2-7 No. 1352, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-8 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-9 that it do pass and be printed.
2-10 Haley,
2-11 Chairman
2-12 * * * * *
2-13 WITNESSES
2-14 No witnesses appeared on S.B. No. 1352.