1-1 By: Ellis, Lindsay S.B. No. 1310
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1997; March 18, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 3, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 9, Nays 1; April 3, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to historic structures, including the restoration and
1-9 preservation of historic structures by a municipality.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 271.0461, Local Government Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 271.0461. ADDITIONAL PURPOSE FOR CERTIFICATES:
1-14 DEMOLITION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES OR RESTORATION OF HISTORIC
1-15 STRUCTURES. Certificates may be issued by any municipality for the
1-16 payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in demolishing
1-17 dangerous structures or restoring historic structures and may be
1-18 sold for cash, subject to the restrictions and other conditions of
1-19 Section 271.050.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 442.001, Government Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 442.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "historic
1-23 structure" means a structure that:
1-24 (1) is included on the National Register of Historic
1-25 Places;
1-26 (2) is designated as a Recorded Texas Historic
1-27 Landmark;
1-28 (3) is designated as a State Archeological Landmark;
1-29 (4) is determined by the Texas Historical Commission
1-30 to qualify as eligible property under criteria for inclusion on the
1-31 National Register of Historic Places or for designation as a
1-32 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark or as a State Archeological
1-33 Landmark; [or]
1-34 (5) is certified by the Texas Historical Commission to
1-35 other state agencies as worthy of preservation; or
1-36 (6) is designated by a municipal ordinance as
1-37 historic.
1-38 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-39 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-40 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-41 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-42 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-43 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-44 passage, and it is so enacted.
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