By Telford H.B. No. 1107
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the continuation and functions of the State
1-3 Preservation Board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 443.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 443.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Preservation Board
1-8 is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
1-9 existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and
1-10 this chapter expires September 1, 2007 [1997].
1-11 SECTION 2. Sections 443.003(c) and (e), Government Code, are
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (c) The board [committee] functions performed by the
1-14 governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
1-15 representatives, and appointed senator and representative are
1-16 additional functions of their other public offices.
1-17 (e) A member of the board may designate a representative to
1-18 act, including the ability to vote, on behalf of the member during
1-19 a board meeting. [The chairman of the permanent advisory committee
1-20 established under Section 443.008(a) serves as an ex officio,
1-21 nonvoting member of the board.]
1-22 SECTION 3. Section 443.006(b), Government Code, is amended
1-23 to read as follows:
1-24 (b) The curator of the Capitol shall:
2-1 (1) assist in matters dealing with the preservation of
2-2 historic materials;
2-3 (2) develop and maintain a registration system and
2-4 inventory of the contents of the Capitol and the General Land
2-5 Office Building and their grounds and of the original documents
2-6 relating to the buildings' construction and alteration;
2-7 (3) develop a program to purchase or accept by
2-8 donation, permanent loan, or outside funding items of historical
2-9 significance that were at one time in the buildings and that are
2-10 not owned by the state;
2-11 (4) develop a program to locate and acquire
2-12 state-owned items of historical significance that were at one time
2-13 in the buildings;
2-14 (5) develop a collections policy regarding the items
2-15 of historic significance as identified in the registration system
2-16 and inventory for the approval of [the permanent advisory committee
2-17 and] the board;
2-18 (6) make recommendations on conservation needs and
2-19 make arrangements to contract for conservation services for objects
2-20 of significance;
2-21 (7) make recommendations for the transfer or loan of
2-22 objects of significance as detailed in the approved collections
2-23 policy;
2-24 (8) develop for board approval a furnishings plan for
2-25 the placement and care of objects under the care of the curator;
2-26 (9) make recommendations to transfer, sell, or
2-27 otherwise dispose of unused surplus property that is not of
3-1 significance as defined in the collections policy and by the
3-2 registration system and inventory prepared by the curator, in the
3-3 manner provided by Article 9, State Purchasing and General Services
3-4 Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
3-5 (10) approve all exhibits placed in the buildings; and
3-6 (11) make a good-faith effort, with the board and the
3-7 architect, to assist Texas businesses to receive a significant
3-8 percentage of the total value of all contract awards for the
3-9 purchase of supplies, materials, services, and equipment that are
3-10 made throughout the duration of the restoration project.
3-11 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-12 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.