1-1     By:  Harris                                           S.J.R. No. 13
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed December 9, 1998; January 25, 1999,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
 1-4     January 26, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas
 1-5     3, Nays 0; January 26, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-7     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for
 1-8     the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical
 1-9     value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on
1-10     behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and
1-11     contributions to purchase such items.
1-12           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 39, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
1-14     amended to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 39.  The Legislature may, from time to time, make
1-16     appropriations for preserving and perpetuating memorials of the
1-17     history of Texas, by means of monuments, statues, paintings, films,
1-18     videotapes, audiotapes, and documents of historical value.  The
1-19     Legislature or an agency of the state may accept on behalf of the
1-20     state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to
1-21     purchase items of historical value.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-23     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
1-24     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
1-25     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment allowing the
1-26     legislature to make appropriations for preserving and perpetuating
1-27     certain items of historical value and allowing the legislature and
1-28     state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of
1-29     historical value and contributions to preserve and perpetuate such
1-30     items."
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