By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 1525
         76R6354 WP-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to jurisdiction over the Alamo.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
 1-5     by adding Subchapter U to read as follows:
 1-6                          SUBCHAPTER U.  THE ALAMO
 1-7           Sec. 22.271.  JURISDICTION.  The Alamo is under the
 1-8     jurisdiction of the department.
 1-9           Sec. 22.272.  POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.  (a)  The department
1-10     shall restore and maintain the Alamo and its grounds as a
1-11     historical site in commemoration of the heroes of the Alamo.
1-12           (b)  The department may employ and discharge a museum
1-13     director and other employees the department considers necessary to
1-14     fulfill its duties and within the limits of funds available.
1-15           SECTION 2.  (a)  The custody and control of the Alamo and its
1-16     grounds, including all improvements, are transferred from the
1-17     Daughters of the Republic of Texas to the Parks and Wildlife
1-18     Department on September 1, 1999.
1-19           (b)  All powers, duties, rights, and obligations of the
1-20     Daughters of the Republic of Texas relating to their custody and
1-21     control of the Alamo are transferred to the Parks and Wildlife
1-22     Department on September 1, 1999.
1-23           (c)  A person holding funds donated to the state for the
1-24     maintenance and repair of the Alamo, its grounds, or any
 2-1     improvements, and deposited for use by the Daughters of the
 2-2     Republic of Texas for that purpose, shall transfer the funds to the
 2-3     Parks and Wildlife Department before October 1, 1999.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.