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.