By Goolsby H.B. No. 3517 75R9443 T A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to approval of monuments on the grounds of the state 1-3 capitol. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 443.015 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 443.015. CAPITOL GROUNDS MONUMENTS. (a) The board may 1-8 not approve the installation of a permanent monument on the grounds 1-9 under the jurisdiction of the board, and erection or construction 1-10 of an approved monument may not begin, unless the board or the 1-11 board's designee finds that the installation of the monument will 1-12 be complete not later than the fourth anniversary of the date on 1-13 which approval is granted. Installation by that anniversary date 1-14 is a condition of the board's approval, and if installation is not 1-15 complete by that date the board's approval of the monument is 1-16 considered withdrawn and the monument may not be installed. 1-17 (b) In this section, "monument" means a marker, memorial, 1-18 statue, or other commemoration of a person, organization, or event, 1-19 including one authorized or requested pursuant to legislative 1-20 resolution. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act applies to monuments approved by the 1-22 State Preservation Board before the effective date of this Act. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.