By Moncrief                                      S.B. No. 351

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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.