1-1 By: Gallegos S.B. No. 984
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 1997; March 10, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
1-4 April 30, 1997, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 30, 1997,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 984 By: Armbrister
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the preservation, operation, and maintenance of
1-11 historical resources and the powers and duties of the Texas
1-12 Historical Commission.
1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14 SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
1-15 adding Section 443.0081 to read as follows:
1-16 Sec. 443.0081. CONSULTATION WITH HISTORICAL COMMISSION. The
1-17 board shall seek and consider the advice of the Texas Historical
1-18 Commission before approving construction modifications of the
1-19 Capitol, Capitol grounds, or General Land Office Building that may
1-20 impact the historic architecture as documented in the master plans.
1-21 SECTION 2. Subsections (i), (o), (p), Section 442.005,
1-22 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-23 (i) The commission may provide loans or matching grants to
1-24 assist the preservation of a historic structure significant in
1-25 Texas or American history, architecture, archeology, or culture.
1-26 As a condition of a loan or grant for the preservation of a
1-27 historic property, the commission may require that the recipient
1-28 provide reports and other evidence that funds are used for the
1-29 purposes of the loan or grant and provide continuing reports or
1-30 other evidence, over an appropriate period, that the property is
1-31 being preserved in a manner consistent with the terms of the loan
1-32 or grant.
1-33 (o) The commission may enter into contracts with federal,
1-34 other state, or local governmental agencies or institutions and
1-35 with qualified private institutions to carry out the purposes of
1-36 the commission [this chapter].
1-37 (p) The commission may accept a gift, grant, devise, or
1-38 bequest of money, securities, services, or property to carry out
1-39 any purpose [the purposes] of the commission, including funds
1-40 raised or services provided by a volunteer or volunteer group to
1-41 promote the work of the commission. The commission may participate
1-42 in the establishment and operation of an affiliated nonprofit
1-43 organization whose purpose is to raise funds for or provide
1-44 services or other benefits to the commission, and the commission
1-45 may contract with such an organization for the performance of any
1-46 duty imposed on the commission [this chapter].
1-47 SECTION 3. Subsections (a) and (e), Section 442.0086,
1-48 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-49 (a) The commission shall identify, preserve, interpret, and
1-50 place monuments at sites in and outside this state that are
1-51 historically significant to this state because of:
1-52 (1) military action or service at the sites; or
1-53 (2) other significant events of a military nature at
1-54 the sites that shaped the history of this state.
1-55 (e) The commission may seek assistance from federal, other
1-56 state, and local governmental entities in carrying out the
1-57 commission's duties under this section.
1-58 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-59 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-60 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-61 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-62 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-63 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.