1-1     By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 819

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 1997; March 4, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Administration;

 1-4     April 2, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,

 1-5     Nays 1; April 2, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the design, manufacture, and sale of certain

 1-9     commemorative items relating to the state.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 2172, Government Code, is amended by

1-12     adding Section 2172.006 to read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 2172.006.  MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF CERTAIN COMMEMORATIVE

1-14     ITEMS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

1-15     commission may negotiate and contract with a privately owned

1-16     business entity for the design and manufacture of:

1-17                 (1)  an official state lapel pin for purchase by

1-18     members and former members of the legislature; and

1-19                 (2)  an official state ring for purchase by members and

1-20     former members of the legislature.

1-21           (b)  Only a member or former member of the legislature may

1-22     purchase an official state lapel pin or ring manufactured under

1-23     this section.  The member or former member must use the member's or

1-24     former member's personal funds for the purchase.

1-25           (c)  The commission shall deposit any money it receives as

1-26     royalties or profits from the sale of items under this section to

1-27     the credit of the Texas preservation trust fund.

1-28           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-29           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-30     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-31     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-32     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-33     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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