By Alonzo                                             H.B. No. 2438
       74R6688 CAG-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the preservation of the history of the music of the
    1-3  Spanish-speaking communities of Texas.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 75, Education Code, is
    1-6  amended by adding Section 75.004 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 75.004.  ARCHIVE OF TEJANO MUSIC.  (a) The institute
    1-8  shall establish an archive to collect, maintain, organize, and
    1-9  interpret documents, recordings, and other records relating to the
   1-10  history and development of the music of the Spanish-speaking
   1-11  communities of Texas, including the history of Tejano, mariachi,
   1-12  conjunto, Tex-Mex, and Spanish polka music.
   1-13        (b)  In addition to its duties under Subsection (a), the
   1-14  institute may produce films, tapes, publications, and exhibits on
   1-15  subjects relating to that music for statewide use on television, in
   1-16  classrooms, in museums, and at public gatherings for the benefit of
   1-17  the people of Texas.
   1-18        (c)  The institute may accept gifts, endowments, and grants
   1-19  from any source in aid of the conduct and operation of the archive.
   1-20        SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-21  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-22  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-23  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-24  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
    2-1  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
    2-2  passage, and it is so enacted.