By: Ellis, Lindsay S.B. No. 1310
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to historic structures, including the restoration and
1-2 preservation of historic structures by municipalities.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 271.0461, Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 271.0461. ADDITIONAL PURPOSE FOR CERTIFICATES:
1-7 DEMOLITION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES OR RESTORATION OF HISTORIC
1-8 STRUCTURES. Certificates may be issued by any municipality for the
1-9 payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in demolishing
1-10 dangerous structures or restoring historic structures and may be
1-11 sold for cash, subject to the restrictions and other conditions of
1-12 Section 271.050.
1-13 SECTION 2. Section 442.001, Government Code, is amended to
1-14 read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 442.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "historic
1-16 structure" means a structure that:
1-17 (1) is included on the National Register of Historic
1-18 Places;
1-19 (2) is designated as a Recorded Texas Historic
1-20 Landmark;
1-21 (3) is designated as a State Archeological Landmark;
1-22 (4) is determined by the Texas Historical Commission
1-23 to qualify as eligible property under criteria for inclusion on the
2-1 National Register of Historic Places or for designation as a
2-2 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark or as a State Archeological
2-3 Landmark; [or]
2-4 (5) is certified by the Texas Historical Commission to
2-5 other state agencies as worthy of preservation; or
2-6 (6) is designated by an ordinance of a municipality
2-7 with a population of more than 1.5 million as historic.
2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-14 passage, and it is so enacted.