By Janek                                        H.B. No. 2892

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to historic structures, including the restoration and

 1-3     preservation of historic structures by a municipality.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 271.0461, Local Government Code, is

 1-6     amended to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 271.0461.  ADDITIONAL PURPOSE FOR CERTIFICATES:

 1-8     DEMOLITION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES OR RESTORATION OF HISTORIC

 1-9     STRUCTURES.  Certificates may be issued by any municipality for the

1-10     payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in demolishing

1-11     dangerous structures or restoring historic structures and may be

1-12     sold for cash, subject to the restrictions and other conditions of

1-13     Section 271.050.

1-14           SECTION 2.  Section 442.001, Government Code, is amended to

1-15     read as follows:

1-16           Sec. 442.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "historic

1-17     structure" means a structure that:

1-18                 (1)  is included on the National Register of Historic

1-19     Places;

1-20                 (2)  is designated as a Recorded Texas Historic

1-21     Landmark;

1-22                 (3)  is designated as a State Archeological Landmark;

1-23                 (4)  is determined by the Texas Historical Commission

1-24     to qualify as eligible property under criteria for inclusion on the

 2-1     National Register of Historic Places or for designation as a

 2-2     Recorded Texas Historic Landmark or as a State Archeological

 2-3     Landmark; [or]

 2-4                 (5)  is certified by the Texas Historical Commission to

 2-5     other state agencies as worthy of preservation; or

 2-6                 (6)  is designated by a municipal ordinance as

 2-7     historic.

 2-8           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-9     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-10     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-11     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-12     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

2-13     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-14     passage, and it is so enacted.