By Wilson                                               H.B. No. 62
       74R1874 MI-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to jurisdiction over the Alamo.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
    1-5  by adding Subchapter U to read as follows:
    1-6                       SUBCHAPTER U.  THE ALAMO
    1-7        Sec. 22.271.  JURISDICTION.  The Alamo is under the
    1-8  jurisdiction of the department.
    1-9        Sec. 22.272.  POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.  (a)  The department
   1-10  shall restore and maintain the Alamo and its grounds as a
   1-11  historical site in commemoration of the heroes of the Alamo.
   1-12        (b)  The department may employ and discharge a museum
   1-13  director and other employees the department considers necessary to
   1-14  fulfill its duties and within the limits of funds available.
   1-15        SECTION 2.  (a)  The custody and control of the Alamo and its
   1-16  grounds, including all improvements, are transferred from the
   1-17  Daughters of the Republic of Texas to the Parks and Wildlife
   1-18  Department on September 1, 1995.
   1-19        (b)  All powers, duties, rights, and obligations of the
   1-20  Daughters of the Republic of Texas relating to their custody and
   1-21  control of the Alamo are transferred to the Parks and Wildlife
   1-22  Department on September 1, 1995.
   1-23        (c)  A person holding funds donated to the state for the
   1-24  maintenance and repair of the Alamo, its grounds, or any
    2-1  improvements, and deposited for use by the Daughters of the
    2-2  Republic of Texas for that purpose, shall transfer the funds to the
    2-3  Parks and Wildlife Department before October 1, 1995.
    2-4        SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    2-5        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-6  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-7  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-8  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-9  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.