1-1 By: Goolsby (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 3517 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 1997; 1-3 May 2, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Administration; May 15, 1997, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to approval of monuments on the grounds of the state 1-9 capitol. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by 1-12 adding Section 443.015 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 443.015. CAPITOL GROUNDS MONUMENTS. (a) The board may 1-14 not approve the installation of a permanent monument on the grounds 1-15 under the jurisdiction of the board, and erection or construction 1-16 of an approved monument may not begin, unless the board or the 1-17 board's designee finds that the installation of the monument will 1-18 be complete not later than the fourth anniversary of the date on 1-19 which approval is granted. Installation by that anniversary date 1-20 is a condition of the board's approval, and if installation is not 1-21 complete by that date the board's approval of the monument is 1-22 considered withdrawn and the monument may not be installed. 1-23 (b) In this section, "monument" means a marker, memorial, 1-24 statue, or other commemoration of a person, organization, or event, 1-25 including one authorized or requested pursuant to legislative 1-26 resolution. 1-27 SECTION 2. This Act applies to monuments approved by the 1-28 State Preservation Board before the effective date of this Act. 1-29 The installation of a monument approved by the board before the 1-30 effective date of this Act must be completed not later than the 1-31 fourth anniversary of the effective date of this Act or the board's 1-32 approval of the monument is considered withdrawn and the monument 1-33 may not be installed. 1-34 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-35 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-36 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-37 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-38 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-39 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-40 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-41 * * * * *