By Davis                                        H.B. No. 2242

      75R7292 MI-F                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the management of historic sites.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 442.005, Government Code, is amended by

 1-5     adding Subsection (t) to read as follows:

 1-6           (t)  The commission annually shall submit to the Parks and

 1-7     Wildlife Department written recommendations regarding the

 1-8     management of the historic sites under the Parks and Wildlife

 1-9     Department's control.

1-10           SECTION 2.  Section 13.005(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is

1-11     amended to read as follows:

1-12           (c)  In formulating a plan for preservation, [and]

1-13     development, and management of a historical area, the department

1-14     may consider comments on the plan made by the Texas Historical

1-15     Commission.

1-16           SECTION 3.  (a)  The Texas Historical Commission in

1-17     cooperation with the Parks and Wildlife Department and other

1-18     appropriate agencies shall establish the Texas Cultural Heritage

1-19     Partnership by developing and maintaining the Texas Heritage Plan.

1-20     The Texas Heritage Plan may address the following elements:

1-21                 (1)  a mechanism to consider findings and

1-22     recommendations of reports directed toward effective management of

1-23     the state's historic resources;

1-24                 (2)  a mechanism to provide for systematic inventory of

 2-1     public and private historic resources in the state;

 2-2                 (3)  a regional organization and review structure

 2-3     consisting of 6 to 10 regions;

 2-4                 (4)  a system to provide for rating and setting

 2-5     priorities for historic resources;

 2-6                 (5)  an advisory board or oversight structure to

 2-7     interface with the Texas Historical Commission, the Parks and

 2-8     Wildlife Department, and other relevant agencies; and

 2-9                 (6)  a system to provide for effective marketing and

2-10     promotion of historic sites.

2-11           (b)  The Texas Heritage Plan shall be submitted to the

2-12     legislature not later than January 31, 1999.

2-13           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-14           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-15     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-16     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-17     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-18     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.